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Lasting benefit
I am writing in respect of new public guardian Martin John’s announcement of a review of the lasting power of attorney form (see [2008] Gazette, 7 August, 3). Key stakeholder organisations are already working together in preparation for this review and the wider review of the Mental Capacity Act. ...
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Broken bones
Obiter admires stiff-upper-lip stoicism, particularly when exhibited by members of the profession. Serena Brotherton, for instance, shrugged off the fractured pelvis she suffered when her horse fell and rolled on her. ‘It was the first time I’d broken anything in 16 years of ...
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Herbert Smith targets lawyers on career break
City firm Herbert Smith is planning to tempt lawyers on a career break to join the firm as part of a recruitment drive. In conjunction with executive search consultancy Sapphire Partners, the firm will host a ‘back to practice’ workshop at its London offices in September, ...
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Ed Foss moves to CMS Cameron McKenna
PRIVATE PRACTICE PartnersStarting in the City, Nabarro appoints former Allen & Overy partner Julie Quinn to its employment group. Ed Foss, group legal ...
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Keeping errers in cheque
Lawyers must take the time to proofread their letters to clients or potentially risk looking incompetent, says Martin Cutts. Attention to grammar, punctuation and the meaning of words has long been claimed as a hallmark of lawyers.
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Clearing up confiscations & protecting the public
The House of Lords and Court of Appeal have recently handed down important judgments on the issue of confiscation. In R v May [2008] UKHL 28, Jennings v CPS [2008] UKHL 29, and R v Green [2008] UKHL 30, the House carried out a basic analysis of the law and ...
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Distant lands, close friends
Major conferences in the US and Canada showed the importance of exporting legal services. I recently had a whistle-stop tour of New York and Quebec, representing the Law Society at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) ...
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Price comparison site targets legal sector
Moneysupermarket.com, the price comparison website, is to start selling legal business sales leads to law firms involved in conveyancing, probate and employment later this month, the Gazette can reveal. Consumers visiting the website will be asked if they want advice from participating firms if they have ...
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Frontline cuts
I am sure every litigator has experienced horrors similar to those outlined in the recent series of letters describing inefficiencies in the court system. Do we have any reason to believe they are caused by anything other than budget cuts? My ‘favourite’ recent experience was ...
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Dead man walking
Harry Devlin, criminal solicitor and tireless sleuth, returns in a tale of his own death. In Martin Edwards’ latest Harry Devlin mystery, Waterloo Sunset, we see a fresh foray into a well-worn genre – the lawyer involved in a murder mystery.
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Pension deal
City firm LG advised Universities Superannuation Scheme – the pension scheme for academic staff in the UK, and the second largest fund in the country – on purchasing a 50% share in an investment property portfolio joint venture with Tesco. City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner advised Tesco.
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Rhys Jones fee row threatens trial delay
The solicitor representing the defendant charged with murdering Liverpool schoolboy Rhys Jones has launched judicial review proceedings against the Legal Services Commission (LSC), claiming that the trial has been wrongly classified as a very high cost case (VHCC). Seven defendants are due to go on trial ...
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Eversheds in diversity drive
Top 10 firm Eversheds has piloted a groundbreaking scheme encouraging teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue a career in the legal profession, the Gazette has learned. The national firm has been working with government-appointed Widening Participation Officers (WPOs) based at UK universities tasked with increasing the ...
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Why do women solicitors earn less than men?
When Fiona Fitzgerald, chair of the Association of Women Solicitors, was preparing to launch the joint campaign with the Law Society on equal pay, she first checked her own firm’s record.
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'Firms favour UK trainees'
City University’s law school is telling international students on its law masters programmes to apply for jobs with US firms or go in-house because recruitment practices at English firms favour UK candidates, the Gazette can reveal. Professor Alan Riley, director of the LLM programme at City ...
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Pll providers shun small firms
Small firms renewing their professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover will be further squeezed in an already hardening market after insurers Norwich Union and Liberty cut policies for these practices. Norwich Union, which controls 8.3% of the legal PII market, has stopped offering new cover to firms ...
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Outrageous fortunes
The public need to be convinced that solicitors often offer a cheaper service than other providers. Over the last couple of years, I have become increasingly concerned about the level of fees charged by some new entrants into the legal market.
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Registry fraud payouts soar
The Land Registry is facing a compensation bill up by £5 million on last year because of an increase in fraudulent title registrations. Figures in its annual report, published in August, show the value of claims pending for losses resulting from errors on the register caused ...
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Mental health
Bias – Detention – Hearings – High-security psychiatric hospitals – Mental health review tribunals R (on the application Brown) v South Region Mental Health Review Tribunal: QBD (Admin) (Mrs Justice Dobbs): 13 August 2008 ...