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CCBE ready to establish rule-of-law foundation
COUNCIL OF BARS AND LAW SOCIETIES OF EUROPE: ASSEMBLY The first Europe-wide foundation dedicated to protecting the rule of law across member states looks set to be established by the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), it emerged during last weekend's bi-annual general ...
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Brand on the run
Brand on the run: there is one thing Obiter likes more than a good rebranding - and that's a bad rebranding. Many a branding consultancy has paid for Caribbean holidays for all its staff thanks to a law firm crossing the threshold.
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Birds of a feather
Wicked whisperings at the Sole Practitioners Group's annual shindig in sunny Brighton last weekend. Obiter hears merry delegates had a chortle on discovering that conference speaker Bob Heslett, the Deputy Vice President of the Law Society, had a bird in his room. One wag joked he was feathering his nest ...
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Bhangra beat
By day, he is a serious-minded, sharp-suited commercial litigator, by night he is one of the hottest acts on the Bhangra music scene.
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The Solicitor’s Handbook 2008
A comprehensive new handbook guides solicitors through the rules and regulations that govern their profession. Authors Andrew Hopper QC and Gregory Treverton-Jones QC explain why lawyers need it now more than ever
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Solicitors to pay £150 fee
COMPENSATION FUND: Law Society Council votes against SRA's preferred charge
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Bush voices regret for macho rhetoric in run-up to Iraq war
To some it may come as too little too late. But setting out on his final trip to Europe as president, George Bush has expressed regret that his rhetoric in the run-up to the war in Iraq may have created the impression that he was a warmonger. ...
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Legal Complaints Service slams 'unjustified' fine
The Legal Complaints Service (LCS) has hit back at the decision to fine the Law Society £275,000 for failing to deliver an adequate complaints-handling plan for 2008/09, branding it ‘completely unjustified’. Zahida Manzoor, the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, said: ‘It is with regret that I have ...
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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. ‘There appears to be a "ping pong" game between the SRA [now ...
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'European lawyer' code wins approval
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’ ...