All News articles – Page 1816
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Advance warning
I wholeheartedly agree with the comments made by Sue Nelson in response to my article on tips for remaining competitive (see [2008] Gazette, 15 May, 11), regarding a happy, well-motivated workforce which takes pride in a job well done and a challenge met.
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Abusing the system
Ex parte applications should only be used in exceptional situations, say Suzanne Stephenson and Stephen Gerlis
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Test for Opinion story
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Mutual will arrangements
Olins v Walters [2007] EWHC 3060 Ch is a short judgment but it contains many interesting points.
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Rowing machine
More lawyerly derring-do - this time courtesy of insurance solicitor and Obiter regular Carolyn Kirkham.
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Quip tease
Off to University College London and Bindman's annual debate last week, where an impressive line-up included David Blunkett, former home secretary, Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, and Professor Conor Gearty, human rights expert at the London School of Economics. The ...
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Scotland votes for open market
After several years of prevarication, the Law Society of Scotland has voted by a large majority - 801 to 132 - to open up the country's legal services market to competition.
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Law reports
CONFISCATION ORDERSCriminal procedure - apportionment - benefit from criminal conductR v Raymond George May: HL (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood): 14 May 2008
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Naked launch
Did you hear about the new networking referral service 'lunched' this week? It aims, according to the press release, to help smaller firms 'specialing' in particular areas of law. The author whimsically swaps between lower and upper case for the first letter of the client's name, and confuses the reader ...
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Hard times
Solicitors can stop worrying about client money in banks. But they should still be careful how they invest, reports Lucy Trevelyan
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Fighting fit
Ken Dickinson of NAS Advocates is not the only fighting-fit solicitor of, shall we say, 'mature years' (see [2008] Gazette, 15 May, 8). Adam Wershof, a 46-year-old litigation lawyer at London firm Wiseman Lee, says he gets his kicks from 'fighting off a five-man attack at ju-jitsu training'. As well ...
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'European lawyer'
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has voted to develop a code of common professional standards to define the role of the 'European lawyer' across all member states. Peter Koves, president of the CCBE, told delegates his 'vision of the European lawyer' was not ...
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Ethical footprint
Law firms may have lagged behind their clients int recognising the importance of corporate social responsibility, but that is changing fast. Philip Hoult reports
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More support needed for disabled students
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) should take a more active role in supporting disabled law students, the new chairman of the Group for Solicitors with Disabilities (GSD), David Merkel, told the Gazette this week.
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Terror debate
It is surely not for senior members of the judiciary 'to engage in a serious and considered debate about how best legally to confront terrorism' (see Joshua Rozenberg, [2008] Gazette, 15 May, 14).
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Deals of the week
Green deal: City firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert advised Dutch banking and insurance services provider SNS REAAL, UK investment and financial services group Alliance Trust Plc and the Universities Superannuation Scheme, which provides pensions to academic staff, on their investment in Climate Change ...
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Discrimination claim
The senior partner at one of London's most ethnically diverse law firms, Dean & Dean, has accused the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) of racial and religious discrimination.
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Second city?
There is a lot more to Manchester than united, city and coronation street. This thriving metropolis now claims to host England's biggest legal market outside London.
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'Charge terror suspects with minor offences,' says peer
CUSTODY: call for shift to 'normal judicial process' The government should consider charging terror suspects with minor offences and deny ...
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Fraud 'sea change'
Two men have been jailed for insurance fraud in a case that personal injury lawyers say highlights a 'sea change hardening' in the courts' attitude towards scammers.