All News articles – Page 1837
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Lawyer hits out at Red Cross confidentiality
A leading human rights lawyer has condemned the Red Cross’s confidentiality policy as ‘colluding in the secrecy’ of regimes that torture and breach the rule of law, and called for its charitable status to be questioned.
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Security for costs
The recovery, or not, of pre-action costs in an application for security for costs just got a little easier to work out, say Chris Warren-Smith and Ian Pegram In adding up the costs incurred ...
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Defamation
Absolute privilege – Complaints – Police – Slander Richard Anders Westcott v Sarah Westcott (2008): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Ward, Sedley, Stanley Burnton): 15 July 2008 The appellant ...
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'Quotas undermine diversity'
Intense competition between firms eager to demonstrate their diversity credentials and the use of quotas to measure recruitment of black and minority ethnic (BME) staff only serve to undermine equality, Stuart Popham, senior partner at magic circle firm Clifford Chance, has warned. Popham claimed the trend ...
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RICS drops Quinn from PII list
Quinn Insurance, which provides lawyers with professional indemnity insurance (PII), has been removed from the preferred PII list of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Gazette has learned. RICS, whose preferred insurer list mirrors the lawyers’ preferred insurer pool, removed Quinn after it withdrew ...
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Employment
Local government – Discrimination – Equal pay – Legitimate aim – Proportionality – Trade unions Allen & Ors v GMB (2008): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Tuckey, Smith, Maurice Kay): 16 July 2008 ...
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Media and entertainment
Administration of justice – Broadcasting – Contempt of court – Fines – Sub judice Attorney general v ITV Central Ltd (2008): DC (Lord Justice Pill, Mr Justice King): 15 July 2008 ...
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Who should safeguard equality?
Whose job is it to make sure that the legal profession is not institutionally racist or sexist? It is an awkward question, but one that needs to be addressed urgently. There are, undeniably, serious issues to be tackled, not least because the majority of new entrants ...
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Family law
Local government – Adoption – Expert reports - Placement orders – Children Re B (children) sub nom (1) MJ (mother) (2) LB (father) v (1) Local Authority (2) CB, AB, MB (by their guardian EE) (2008): CA (Civ ...
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US firm promotes lawyer
PRIVATE PRACTICE Partners Regional firm Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons hires employment specialist Jeremy Nixon from Bird & Bird. The firm also promotes Graeme Fearon in the ...
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Indian niche firms pique UK/US interest
Indian lawyers are leaving traditional family firms in increasing numbers to set up niche corporate operations – which are then being courted by UK and US firms, new research has shown. UK and US firms are keen to form ties ahead of the Indian legal market ...
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Football frenzy
It’s a global footballing bonanza this week, and to kick off we have some homegrown talent. Eighteen-year-old Junior Bilal (inset), who works in the business support unit at Cumberland Ellis, is in Manchester playing for England (above) in the INAS-FID European Championship 2008.
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Making light of hard work
The relationship between trainees and law firms is heavily biased in favour of the latter
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Immigration
Human rights – Asylum seekers – Proportionality - Remittal TG (Central African Republic) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2008): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Buxton, Keene):15 July 2008 ...
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Leeds: legal powerhouse
Leeds’ legal market is so strong, some even believe it has become overcrowded. What makes the city so attractive to law firms?
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Protecting a valuable species
The Court of Protection must address the ‘catastrophic impact’ of the Mental Capacity Act on visitors. Court of Protection (CoP) appointed deputies, managing the affairs of those who lack mental capacity, and receivers (pre-Mental Capacity Act 2005), benefited substantially over the years from the wisdom and ...
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£32k copyright dispute
The dispute with two silks over copyright issues related to the Society’s Code of Conduct cost the Law Society more than £30,000, council members were told last week. Chief Executive Des Hudson said the total spend on the litigation – which was settled in April on ...
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Pre-nup absence
I take to heart the advice of the District Judge that we could be guilty of negligence in failing to advise our clients about pre-nups. However, there is one problem – they have to come to see us pre-nup! This is just what they do not do.
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Balancing act
I am writing to respond to last week’s letter from Dawn Chapman, chairman of the Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators (ILCA) (see [2008] Gazette, July 17, 9). The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s board received a number of valuable responses to all the consultations. Numerous changes were ...