All News articles – Page 1751
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Custody nurses at police stations risk ‘miscarriages of justice’
Police plans to employ full-time custody nurses at police stations could undermine the independence of medical provision and lead to miscarriages of justice, criminal and mental health lawyers have warned.
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Warning - recession can damage your health
The Grim Reaper, it would appear, has our cards marked and is sharpening his scythe in anticipation. That’s because suicides go up when unemployment goes up, like now, and accidents at work also increase in times of recession, like now.
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Working group to examine probate disclosure rules
The President of the Family Division, Mark Potter, is to set up a working group to establish a ‘fair and efficient procedure’ for the publication and disclosure of wills. Sir Mark said the current rules were ‘far from user friendly’ for practitioners and the public ...
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Employment
Equal pay – Independent experts – Job evaluation F A Hovell v Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Mummery, Etherton, Elias): 9 July 2009 ...
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Employment
Contracts – Affirmation – Fiduciary duty - Repudiation Ben Cook v (1) MSHK Ltd (formerly Ministry of Sound Holdings Ltd) (2) Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd: CA (Civ Div) (Lady Justice Smith, Lords Justice Wilson, Rimer): 9 July 2009 ...
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Halifax launches next step in its expansion into legal services
Halifax has taken the next step in its expansion into legal services by launching an online ‘pay as you go’ legal document production and advice service. Halifax Legal Express offers customers three levels of service: ‘self-serve’ allows them to create one of a range of more ...
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Family law
Ancillary relief – Appeals – Divorce Richard Barry Brisset v Ann Brisset: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Sedley, Jacob, Wilson): 9 July 2009 The appellant husband (H) appealed against ...
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Fixed fees may prompt firms to lose track of profits
At first blush there is no obvious link between fixed fees, Halifax expanding its legal offering and law firm mergers, but together they encapsulate the challenge facing smaller practices. When the cry goes up to ‘do something’ in the face of difficult times, the ‘something’ most ...
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Firms merging for the wrong reasons, study shows
Nearly 60% of small and medium-sized law firms are looking to grow through merger and acquisition, but they risk giving themselves bigger headaches, new research seen exclusively by the Gazette has claimed. The survey of 188 practices by the 360 Legal Group found that 59% have ...
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Pay gap poser
Is not the headline ‘Pay gap points to discrimination’ undermined by one of the figures in the article (see [2009] Gazette, 9 July, 1)? The greatest discrepancy of all between male and female pay is apparently 34% for sole practitioners.
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Out-of-work lawyers lured by global volunteer projects
Out-of-work solicitors are turning to international volunteer projects to keep their hand in during the recession, according to a leading development charity. Challenges Worldwide, which recruits and trains volunteers with professional skills to work with partners in developing countries, has seen an upward trend in the ...
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The guide to sentencing and precedents
Banks on Sentence, Robert Banks, Robert Banks, £46 ‘Fings ain’t wot they used to be’ as your criminal client might say. Time was when he, you and judges had an instinct fashioned by experience which led, more or less, ...
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Jordans sets precedent for mining useful information
Jordans Company Secretarial PrecedentsPeter Van Duzer, Cecile GillardJordans, £120 I was delighted when I was asked to review Jordans Company Secretarial Precedents, as it is a book I have always had to hand.
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Speaking out of turn
There is such a thing as asking for trouble. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949, the Legal Services Commission set up a special website last May, and then invited practitioners and the public to post comments about their experiences of legal aid.
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Pedal power
Hats off to members of the new South Essex Junior Lawyers Division, who completed a gruelling 60-mile bike ride from London to Southend last week. The trainee solicitors raised more than £1,000 for the British Heart Foundation, managing to cross the finish line despite one of the team, Ausilia Matraxia, ...
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Charities are right to recover losses
I was disappointed to read Michael Loveridge’s response to my comments about executors potentially being liable to beneficiaries for losses caused by delay (see [2009] Gazette, 2 July, 10). I hope he will not carry through his suggestion of advising his clients against making charitable bequests.
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Tribunals Service reports 40% rise in claims
The Tribunals Service saw a 40% rise in claims this financial year, far greater than it had anticipated. However, the service still managed to reduce its costs by £9m, through greater efficiency. The Tribunal Service’s annual report showed that it disposed of ...
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The Hunting Act - is it pick and choose legislation?
The conclusion of a year-long High Court action between a West Sussex hunt and a group of animal rights activists brings to mind the ‘visceral’ extremes of emotion aroused by the introduction of the Hunting Act 2004, which prohibited the hunting of wild mammals – including foxes and stags – ...
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A third of all prosecution advocates ‘lacklustre’ or poor, inspection says
A third of all prosecution advocates are ‘lacklustre’ or ‘less than competent’ according to a review carried out by the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate published today. The inspectors found advocates, both in-house and external counsel, were fully competent in two thirds of cases, but a quarter ...