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Why the new social world will change your firm
Ever heard of ‘constant partial attention’? I was at a press bash for City firm Nabarro the other night when, in conversation about the Gazette’s work on Twitter and recent foray on to social media websites LinkedIn and Facebook with Nabarro’s IT director, the phrase was mentioned.
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Chasing an M&A deal?
If any readers find themselves in urgent need of a City lawyer this evening, they may find the phone is ringing out to an empty office. It seems that more or less the whole of the City branch of the profession will be taking part in the 5km Standard Chartered ...
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Coming off the rails
If the government and LSC want to assess the risks of best value tendering, they should consider the collapse of the National Express East Coast train franchise. That company obtained the franchise with the lowest bid and an offer to make the biggest payment to the government.
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Compensation fund levy set for steep increase
The Law Society’s Council convenes next week to set the level of the compensation fund levy, with a steep increase on this year’s £150 now seemingly inevitable. A report circulated ahead of Wednesday’s meeting contains a recommendation from the Financial Protection Committee that the full contribution rate for 2009/10 be ...
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Compensation Fund – can we learn from France?
In a week in which a painful rise in contributions to the Compensation Fund is expected, what better than seeing how another jurisdiction handles clients’ money? Us, learn something from the French? OK, don’t throw your tomatoes yet.
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Two landmark reports demonstrate the complexity of human rights
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has just published the 200-page report of its Human Rights Inquiry. Meanwhile, rather more economically, Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) has put out its study – British forces in Iraq: the emerging picture of human rights violations and the role of the judicial review. ...
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Freedom of information: exemptions from disclosure
Freedom of information has been at the heart of the news agenda with the revelations made by the Daily Telegraph about MPs’ expenses. It’s worth remembering that, while the Telegraph came by the leaked information from someone in the House of Commons fees office...
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Homelessness – when is enough, enough?
On 1 July the House of Lords handed down a single judgment in two housing appeals, which will have significant long-term consequences with a number of questions left unanswered.
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‘Lawyers are fantastic’ – not a phrase you hear often
Let’s face it, lawyers are often given a hard time. So it’s nice sometimes to hear that somebody has a good word to say about them. Especially when that person is Archbishop Desmond Tutu, for many an icon of justice, hope and integrity.
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To hear what the future holds, it helps to listen first
In the past few weeks I've been spending a lot of time at conferences and seminars set up by the Law Society's Law Management Section around the country. Several things have occurred to me while I drive back and forth or sit on a train from the comments of the ...
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Solicitors invited to nominate honorary QCs
Solicitors have been invited to nominate themselves or other legal professionals for honorary Queen’s Counsel (QC). The honorary counsel will be appointed alongside the new substantive QCs in spring 2010. Honorary silk is available to all practising lawyers, whether in private ...
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Memory lane
Anger toward a growing practice of incorrect photocopying and distribution. Advertisement listing character requirements for a television lawyer. The Law Society’s Gazette, July 1969 I feel I cannot ...
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Setting the standard
I write with reference to the article by Catherine Baksi on the LSC’s proposed change of approach to quality assurance (‘LSC to abandon peer review’, [2009] Gazette, 9 July, 1).
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Residence and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm
The above practice direction, originally issued on 9 May 2008, was reissued on 14 January 2009 to reflect the decision of the House of Lords in Re B (Children) [2008] UKHL 35.
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Bird & Bird revenues up 30%
City firm Bird & Bird today reported a 30% jump in revenues, buoyed by the firm's recent expansion and the strength of the euro. The firm's revenues grew from £144m in 2007/08 to £186m for the year ended 30 April 2009. However, profit per partner fell ...
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LSC to abandon peer review
The Legal Services Commission has announced it is to drop peer review as a method of quality assurance for firms seeking to bid for most publicly funded work. From April 2010 peer review will only be used on a risk-based and random-sampling basis, rather than being ...
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More denied access to civil legal aid
More people are being denied access to civil legal aid despite a huge increase in demand fuelled by the recession, Citizens Advice has warned. A report published today, No time to retire – legal aid at 60, shows fewer people are qualifying for civil legal aid, ...
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Head of family division calls for ‘urgent action’ over guardians
Hundreds of children are currently at risk of being taken into care without a guardian to represent them, a leading children’s lawyer said this week. The warning came as the president of the family division, Sir Mark Potter (pictured), announced an interim ‘stop-gap’ scheme to deal ...
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Local government law: age discrimination
How LIFO (last in, first out on redundancy) fares under ageism laws is a subject with far-reaching impact for local government lawyers.