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Research shows mentally ill more likely to be victims of crime
Adults with severe mental health problems are almost 25% more likely to be victims of crime than the general population, a report commissioned by the Ministry of Justice has revealed.
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Criminal justice system ‘institutionally sexist’
Women suffer widespread discrimination at all levels of the criminal justice system, including in the legal profession and judiciary, according to a report launched at the Law Society today by equality campaigners the Fawcett Society.
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Direct criticism
John Sirodcar makes reference to my review of certain CDS Direct files (see [2009] Gazette, 7 May, 11). He attributes a quote to me which is not in fact entirely correct.
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Doctor in profit
Derek Peedell casts light on a substantial issue in the governance of the NHS (see [2009] Gazette, 7 May, 11). GPs are publicly funded to meet the entire cost of the provision of GP services to their NHS patients.
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Quick on the draw
Obiter has received two more entries for the coveted title of ‘fastest lawyer in the land’.
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Straw drops secret inquest plans
Plans to hold secret inquests without juries have been dropped by the government, justice secretary Jack Straw told parliament today. Straw said in a written statement that the move to introduce non-jury inquests on national security issues did not garner enough support among the parties. Clauses ...
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Solving sell-to-rent-back issues with proprietary estoppel
The doctrine of proprietary estoppel may help clients who sold their house in return for tenancy but have since been given notice to quit.
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Internet publication and freedom of expression
The long-standing principle of ‘publish and be damned’ is jealously guarded by the media. But when it comes to publications on the internet, a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) shows that those who publish there may find themselves being damned for ever and a day.
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Family law
Children – Discretion – Residence orders Re R (a child ) sub nom CP v (1) AR (2) CR (a child by his guardian): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Wall, Wilson): 29 April 2009 ...
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NOMS IT under fire from MPs
The director general of the National Offender Management Service, Phil Wheatley, was taken to task by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee last week over the service’s IT programme. Edward Leigh MP, the committee’s chairman, told Wheatley that a National Audit Office report on his ...
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Floored strategy
One bright idea for helping the chancellor out of his little difficulty with public finances is for public bodies to share accommodation. With efficiency and cultural synergy in mind, what could be more logical than co-locating the police and Crown Prosecution Service? It turns out it is not as easy ...
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Madoff fraud prompts rush of securities lawsuits
Convicted tycoon Bernard Madoff’s ponzi fraud spawned 30% of securities lawsuits worldwide in the first quarter of 2009, research has indicated. Of the 169 new securities lawsuits filed in Q1 this year, 50 related to the Madoff fraud, according to business data company Advisen. ...
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What the Office of the Public Guardian is doing to help you
by Martin John public guardian and chief executive of Office of the Public Guardian The Office of the Public Guardian’s chief executive Martin John acknowledges that people have had problems dealing with the body, but here lays out what he is doing to renew the OPG
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Memory lane
New appointments as Lord Chancellor, Attorney General as well as Solicitor-General. Also changes to taxes in the 1969 Budget statement. The Law Society’s Gazette, 16 May 1979 ...
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Regulation that will have the respect of the regulated
by Robert Heslett is vice-president of the Law Society Lord Hunt’s interim report was delivered earlier this month, immediately ahead of the launch of his roadshows across England and Wales.
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Sentencing
Causing death by dangerous driving – Mobile telephones – Mitigation – Undue leniency Attorney general’s reference (no 17 of 2009), sub nom R v Phillipa Curtis: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, Mr Justice Lloyd-Jones, Mr Justice ...
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More management speak, anyone?
This week I met up with an experienced entrepreneur and business man, a fellow who had started his own company some years ago and was clearly successful and making money; nothing to do with law. We were talking about business generally and got into profit ratios, business in hand (we ...
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FSA says it will target City professionals in insider dealing fight
City professionals are a priority target for the Financial Services Authority in its battle against insider dealing, the watchdog said this week. The FSA has begun insider dealing prosecutions against two lawyers who had worked in the London offices of US law firms. According to court papers, Andrew Rimmington, formerly ...
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Susskind, Mayson and Hodgart urge firms to plan for the future
If I were a lawyer faced with planning the future of my business at the same time as carrying out my day job, I think I’d feel exhausted, bewildered and not a little terrified.
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Spreading ‘good news’ about the profession
The legal profession ‘is in good shape,’ according to one of HM Treasury’s top dogs. Launching a report on the future of UK financial services at a Whitehall press briefing this morning, Paul Myners, financial services secretary to the Treasury, painted a bright picture of the state of all the ...