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Ignorance no excuse
Why is it that solicitors seem to think that they are above the law and that it is not necessary to practise what they preach? As an eight-year-qualified solicitor who was employed as an associate partner specialising in commercial and residential property, and employment law, ...
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Treasury warns firms of money-laundering threat
The government has warned law firms and others subject to anti-money laundering regulations that a number of countries pose a ‘serious threat’ to their businesses. The Treasury today named several countries which it says do not have proper procedures or systems in place to prevent money ...
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Forgotten victims
I write to comment on the item ‘Abuse victims shun law’ (see [2009] Gazette, 12 February, 4). I work in the area of domestic abuse and have done so for eight years. I agree that this is an area that requires a specialist service. ...
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Should have gone to Lexsavers
The justice secretary has seen the future – with a little help from Specsavers – but will it work? It would have been better had Mr Straw’s remarks not been predicated on a patently false premise: that increases in the £2bn legal aid budget are ‘unsustainable’. ...
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Landlord/tenant
Contracts – Consent to assignment – Leaseholds – Sale by auction Landlord Protect Ltd v St Anselm Development Co Ltd: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Waller, Wilson, Stanley Burnton): 20 February 2009 ...
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Memory lane
Poor Persons ProcedureIt remains only for the Council once again to urge every member of the Society to come forward and share in the conduct of poor persons' cases. All may rest assured that the greatest possible care is taken by the Committees ...
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White & Case to cut up to 95 in London
US firm White & Case will cut between 80 and 95 fee-earners and support staff in London as part of plans to make 200 associates and 200 support staff redundant worldwide. The firm said today (10 March) that it is also undertaking an ‘evaluation of its ...
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Society to host emergency summit on family court media access
The Law Society is to host an emergency summit later this month to air concerns about opening family courts to the media. Under new rules proposed by justice secretary Jack Straw, the media will be able to attend all levels of family courts. Chancery Lane believes admission should only be ...
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SRA considers asking for rethink on voluntary accreditation
The Solicitors Regulation Authority may ask the Law Society Council to reconsider its decision to transfer voluntary accreditation schemes back to Chancery Lane. The Law Society representative body expects to take control of voluntary programmes no later than June after council voted in favour of ...
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Deaf student launches discrimination action against law school
A deaf would-be law student has begun proceedings against a London law school, alleging disability discrimination on the grounds of ‘unfavourable treatment’ and failure to make ‘reasonable adjustments’.
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Eversheds stays top in adviser rankings
National firm Eversheds advises more stock market clients than any other law firm, according to the latest quarterly rankings from investment adviser Hemscott. However, nearly all the firms featured in Hemscott’s rankings saw client numbers fall in the most recent three-month period surveyed. Eversheds topped the ...
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Employment tribunal ruling challenges ageism
The first tribunal hearing to deal ‘head on’ with bars to employment based on date of birth has ruled that the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) acted unlawfully in rejecting candidates over 35.
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Estate agency – it's not rocket science
Now is the time for the Law Society and its members to take heed of the advice offered by Peter Morgan in his letter, that ‘we need to embrace property selling’ (see [2009] ...
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Legal aid cuts ‘drive barristers away from family work’
The family bar is ‘close to breaking point’ as repeated legal aid cuts are driving experienced barristers away from their work, leaving vulnerable women and children at risk, according to a study, commissioned by the Bar Council and the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA). The Legal ...
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Four solicitors among six honorary QCs
Four solicitors are among the six honorary Queen’s Counsel appointed today (5 March). David McIntosh (pictured), a past President of the Law Society and chairman of the City of London Law Society, was appointed in recognition of his contribution to the legal profession, ...
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Pro bono services ask City firms to keep up support
Some of the UK’s biggest pro bono advice services have called on recession-hit City firms to continue supplying their lawyers for voluntary work amid escalating demand. Citizens Advice, the Law Centres Federation and LawWorks told the Gazette this week that they are concerned about City job ...
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The Associate
John GrishamCentury, £18.99 A core element of John Grisham’s work is the black-and-white presentation of good and evil – this is what makes his books so successful and also perhaps disappointing. ...
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Firms increase their provisions for bad debt
Some top London corporate firms are expecting to double the percentage of outstanding legal fees they classify as unrecoverable, the Gazette has learned. Data gathered from top firms’ latest accounts and industry sources suggested that firms are upping their write-off estimates to as much ...
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Unpublished research confirms bar earnings divide
Widely held suspicions that white male barristers earn far more than their female and ethnic-minority colleagues have been confirmed by unpublished research commissioned by the Bar Council.
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Prison – Five hundred years of life behind bars
Edward Marston The National Archives, £18 From the building of the Tower of London in 1068 to the last executions in 1964, Edward Marston’s Prison is a compelling historical tour of punishment in Britain ...