All News articles – Page 1810

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    Welcome to a new Gazette

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

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    Law websites found wanting

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Law firm websites look too similar, use too many words and lose ‘75% of people’ before web users move beyond the home page, consultants have warned.

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    Financial regulation

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Complaints - Fees - Financial advisers - Financial Ombudsman Service - Case fee payable where complaint rejected.

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    Smaller firms feeling the strain of money laundering regulations

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    COMPLIANCE: many struggling to meet reporting duties.

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    Planning to fail?

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Major infrastructure developments could be fast-tracked under new government legislation, but at what cost to the public? Jon Robins reports

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    Search engines and trademarks

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    IP/IT law update: A battle is currently raging between brand owners and Google.

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    Spanish property demolitions

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Making sure property purchased in Spain does not end up getting knocked down is a tricky business. Alfonso Valero explains the best ways to avoid disaster.

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    Deals of the week

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Vitamins deal: National firm Pinsent Masons advised ­vitamins and supplements provider NeutraHealth on the disposal of its over-the-counter medicines for £6.2m, to fund its £6.4m acquisition of ­Perrigo UK, which ­manufactures and packages vitamins, ...

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    Recruiters forced to cut fees as lawyers feel squeeze

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Legal recruiters will have to reduce their finders’ fees as law firms look to cut costs in the economic slowdown, according to Patricia Walsh, director of human resources at national firm Hammonds.

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    Criminal procedure

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Ian Glick QC, Kelyn Bacon (instructed by Herbert Smith) for the appellants; Sydney Kentridge QC, Gerard Rothschild (instructed by Ashurst) for the ­respondents. Marion Gibson v Revenue & Customs Prosecution Office: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice May, Wall, Lady Justice Arden): 12 June 2008

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    Criminal procedure

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Assets - Confiscation - Drug trafficking - Proceeds of crime

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    Damage limitation in the courts

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest the letter from Stuart Killen in last week’s Gazette (see [2008] Gazette, 19 June, 12). I could not agree more with his comments and felt I just had to relate my experiences with Bow County Court. You would be pushed to find a bigger failure by ...

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    Domestic violence and contact orders

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Whether and to what extent, if any, the court will take into account the issue of domestic violence when determining contact issues has long been an issue for family courts.

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    Civil procedure

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Anti-competitive practices - Confidential information - Disclosure - Ofcom - Satellite television

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    Civil evidence

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Criminal conduct - Life prisoners - Northern Ireland - Standard of proof.

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    Case study remote learning

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The Open University’s growing reliance on web-based collaborative tools sets it apart from traditional distance-learning institutions. The increasing use of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) encourages students from diverse backgrounds to come into law via this route. As many as 25% of the undergraduates have a degree before they start ...

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    Bravo, Charlie

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Lord Falconer is set to bounce back after a year out of the limelight. He spoke to the Gazette about being Lord Chancellor, and what lies ahead.

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    Third of firms seek bank loans

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    FUNDING: practices need funds for mergers and to cushion blow of economic gloom

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    Banana drama

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    ‘Iconic’ is a word Obiter employs with discretion, but it can be safely applied to Liverpool’s Super Lamb Banana sculpture. The yellow fruit-animal hybrid, originally a protest against genetic engineering, has, appropriately, been cloned more than 100 times as part of the city’s Capital of Culture celebrations. ...

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    Back to school

    2008-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Technology is changing the way that solicitors are training and continuing their professional development. Polly Botsford reports.