All News articles – Page 1749
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The politics of class struggle
There’s real irony in Alan Milburn’s report on Fair Access to the Professions. It reintroduces to the diversity debate a subject that is supposed to have been consigned to the dustbin of history (as Trotsky would certainly not have put it) by ‘third-way’ proselytisers like Milburn himself – class.
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Miners’ MP seeks probe into compensation payouts
The new chair of the All-Party Coalfield Communities Group has called on the government to investigate whether wide variations in compensation paid to injured miners may be explained at least in part by bad advice from solicitors.
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Consumer law
Agency – Commission – Estate agents – Fariness – Landlords Office of Fair Trading v Foxtons Ltd: Ch D (Mann J): 10 July 2009 The claimant (OFT) sought declaratory ...
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Hypothesising the hypothetical director: an unpredictable opponent
Two interesting questions have emerged as relevant since the institution of part 11, chapter 1, sections 260-264 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 act). They concern: (i) whether derivative claims will now have a better prospect of obtaining permission to continue; and (ii) how the courts will approach the ...
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Does the new legal landscape level the playing field for legal execs?
by Diane Burleigh, chief executive of the Institute of Legal Executives More than 60 legal executives have been taken into partnership by their firms, ranging from large international practices to small niche high street and legal aid practices. This ability to appoint the best to the ...
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Front runners
It wasn’t just City pavements which took a pounding as a result of this month’s Standard Chartered City Race; this column also received its own beating from Baker & McKenzie associate Sally Onn, over last week’s remark that no lawyers made it into the top ten in the Standard Chartered ...
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National interest
We read with interest the Benchmarks item on forced marriage protection orders (see [2009] Gazette, 23 July, 19).
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Memory lane
Law Society’s Gazette, July 1939 Provincial Meeting, 1939Members attending the [Provincial Meeting in Worthing] will have admission during ...
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Smart money
They say cleanliness is next to godliness. So according to the results of a survey carried out by national dry cleaners, Johnsons Cleaners, lawyers must be pretty close to the Almighty. They are apparently the second most unsullied professionals, only beaten by the uber-spruced financial services workers. An impressively hygienic ...
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Practising certificate fee set to rise by 19%
The Law Society’s Council last week ‘reluctantly’ voted to increase the practising certificate (PC) fee by nearly a fifth. The 2010 fee will be £1,180, up from £995. The full contribution to the Compensation Fund will rise from £150 to £390. In ...
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Why are we behind Dubai on courts IT?
On the Gazette we’ve been here many times before, but that’s only because I feel duty-bound to keep pointing this out: we could have a really tidy electronic filing and document management (EFDM) system for our commercial courts (and beyond) for a fraction of the price that we appear to ...
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Should the CPS be renamed the Public Prosecution Service?
Last week Keir Starmer QC held a press briefing to announce the publication of a colourful little pamphlet designed to inform the public about the future of the service he leads.
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Regulation and free markets
In Europe, hardly a day goes by without news of further regulation of the financial services sector in the wake of the economic crisis.
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Halifax Legal Express and the fierce urgency of now
How difficult can it be to understand that the legal services market has changed? Radio 4's 'Chambers' broadcast its first episode this week and they are still referring to the legal changes to come in 2011/12. They are correct in that, at least, as alternative business structures will be sorted ...
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PC fee to rise by nearly 20%
The Law Society’s Council yesterday ‘reluctantly’ voted to increase the practising certificate (PC) by nearly 20%, though it was stressed that ‘not one penny’ of the rise was attributable to increased spending by Chancery Lane. The PC fee for 2010 will be £1,180, up from £995. ...
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Inheritance Act: scrutiny of information to the Revenue
Section 247 of the Inheritance Act 1984 (IHTA) provides that anyone who fraudulently or negligently submits an incorrect account, information or document to the Inland Revenue shall be liable to a penalty.
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Government gives ‘diluted’ go-ahead for class actions
The government gave a qualified go-ahead to class actions this week. In its response to a report by the Civil Justice Council (CJC) which recommended the introduction of a new collective redress procedure last year, the Ministry of Justice said that class actions could be ...
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Solicitors and barristers in deal on advocacy pay
Solicitors and barristers reached an agreement this week that would see both sides of the profession paid the same amount for advocacy work in family cases. However, the Law Society expressed disappointment that the Ministry of Justice has not yet approved the deal, and instead ...
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Lord Neuberger appointed Master of the Rolls
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, 61, the youngest of the law lords, is to become Master of the Rolls from 1 October. As head of England and Wales’ civil justice system he will be the second most senior judge. He will succeed Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, who has been appointed a ...
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Asian economies set to boost City law firm profits
Legal work in the emerging Asian economies will provide the biggest profits boost to large law firms over the coming year – but only to firms with established ties, law firm management experts predicted this week. Profitability in the eurozone should remain stable, and there may ...