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Promoting and enforcing contact
On 8 December 2008, the Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No 3) Order 2008 came into force.
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‘Conveyancing factories’ devalue property lawyers
I cannot recall an occasion when I have gleaned any pleasure from someone else’s misery, but I confess to feeling a certain amount of schadenfreude at the news last week of the demise of another ‘conveyancing farm’. These ‘businesses’ have devalued conveyancing to the lowest possible level, operating tick-box systems, ...
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Crime can pay
With respect, I doubt that Mr Parkhouse takes home the minimum wage (see [2009] Gazette, 29 January, 9). Nor does he receive £150 an hour when representing clients privately. Mr Parkhouse surely receives a graduate-commensurate salary, as do the vast majority of criminal practitioners. His firm has obviously concluded that ...
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Easy rider
Obiter has learned to be wary of horses, whether it comes to going near them or putting money on them. Not everybody, however, shares this caution. Trainee solicitor Simon Latchford (pictured) is one of 3,000 amateur jockeys who applied to compete in the ...
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Elephants in the room
When Obiter received an email headed ‘The Charity Lawyer Who Rides to the Rescue on an Elephant’ we just had to read on. Was this an example of a solicitor taking green transportation to the extreme? Not quite. It turned out to be about Felix Appelbe, former head of private ...
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Equality strategy
It is a pity that you highlighted criticism of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s equality and diversity strategy by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (see [2009] Gazette, 29 January, 4), but did not mention that 78% of the 133 people and organisations who took part in the consultation agreed with ...
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Fatal shootings raise issues over police notes
Last May barrister Mark Saunders was killed by police after he repeatedly fired a shotgun out of the window of his Chelsea flat.
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Law Society is working hard to fight the recession
January represents the mid-point of the presidential year. As I flew back from my trip to the far east on behalf of the profession last month, I reflected on the events of the first half of my tenure and looked to the priorities of my second six months.
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Firms settle web spat
A dispute between two Manchester law firms has ended with a modest payout to two clients whose case studies were used on a firm’s website. The argument began when a solicitor moved from Geoffrey Miller to Olliers, which then featured on its site some motoring cases she had worked on. ...
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Gold mines, liquidity pools and retail stores
Waitrose acquisition: City firm Lovells advised retailer Waitrose on its acquisition of 13 stores from the Co-operative group and Somerfield for an undisclosed sum. National firm Addleshaw Goddard advised Co-op and Somerfield. ...
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Local government
Planning - Human rights - Change of use - Mobile homes (1) Theo Langton (2) Ruth McGill v (1) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (2) West Dorset District Council: QBD (Admin) (Judge Gilbart QC): 7 January ...
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South Korea hints at market opening
City law firms may steal a march on their US rivals by gaining access to the potentially lucrative South Korean market first, it has emerged. A bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and South Korea could be signed as early as March, ...
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Human rights
Constitutional law - Aliens - Constitutional reform - EC law - Right to free elections - Sark R (on the application of Barclay & Ors) v Secretary of State for Justice & Ors: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Pill, ...
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Human rights
Sentencing - EC law - Foreign travel - Notification - Sex offenders R (on the application of F) v Secretary of State for Justice: R (on the application of Angus Aubrey Thompson) v Secretary of State for Justice: DC ...
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Human rights
Bicycles - Exemptions - Notification - Processions Kay v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: HL (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood): 26 November 2008 ...
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Human rights
Negligence - Duty of care - Health authorities - Nursing homes Trent Strategic Health Authority v Jain & anor: HL (Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury): 21 ...
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Human rights
Social welfare - Care workers - Listing system for protection of vulnerable adults R (on the application of Wright and others) v Secretary of State for Health: HL (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, ...
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'We oppose secret inquests'
I agree entirely with the statement by Bob Satchwell, executive director of the Society of Editors, at the end of your leader on secret inquests (see [2009] Gazette, 29 January, 8) . I am utterly opposed to secret inquests of any kind. Every sudden death should be properly investigated ...
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Law on lock knives is in need of re-examination
When we buy from a reputable high street store, we trust the integrity of the store to sell goods that don’t have the potential of being illegal when we leave the store. The paradox here is the fact that selling is legal but possession is illegal. The lock knife is ...
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Legal profession
Barristers’ fees - Comparators - Funding arrangements Lord Chancellor v John Charles Rees & ors: QBD (Sir Charles Gray): 19 December 2008 The appellant Lord Chancellor appealed against the decision ...