All News articles – Page 2926

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Time for change -- Robert Sayer wants radical reform of the Society's Council to make it more representative of the profession -- and he thinks the President needs to be elected to a two-year term in

2000-03-02T00:00:00Z
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Migratory instinct -- Government pressure, low levels of pay, and the activities of an unscrupulous minority of solicitors are driving immigration lawyers to abandon legal aid work

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Horror stories -- acting for notorious criminals often means dealing with press hysteria and disgust from the public

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Shimpan victims need inquiry -- the publicity surrounding Harold Shipman's murder convictions would have forced a judge to dismiss any new case -- but justice demands that further allegations are give

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Change of policy -- the proposed arrangements for professional indemnity insurance, which will be put before the Law Society's Council for a decision in April

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks -- children and capital -- the prospects of obtaining capital provision for children in family proceedings

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Employment law -- part-time work; increase in limits

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Test of character -- a week after the government announced fu ll implementation of the Defamation Act 1996, we look at a series of efforts aimed at updating what has long been seen as an archaic syste

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Powers of attorney -- powers of attorney by joint proprietors following the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 -- Land Registry requirements

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Success of conditional fees -- the Law Society remains unhappy about the abrupt withdrawal of legal aid for personal injury cases, but it wants conditional fee agreements to succeed

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks -- ask the judges -- a panel of district judges answers your questions on civil procedure matters

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Stop the local rot -- private practice pay and opportunities are bleeding local authorities dry of legal talent, but, the best value regime will offer council solicitors a brighter future

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Who is the probate client? And when should non-clients be given rule 15 information?

2000-02-10T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks -- how Woolf is working -- second of a two-part update on court rulings under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

2000-02-10T00:00:00Z
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Competitive edge -- last year, Law Society President Robert Sayer reignited the debate over fusion of the profession -- a look at the issue both here and abroad, where it has already happened

2000-02-10T00:00:00Z
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Judging the issue -- a judicial appointments commission would help end the obsession with oral advocacy and open up the bench to all suitably qualified applicants

2000-02-10T00:00:00Z
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Cases stayed pending credit ruling -- consumer credit in conditional fee agreements and penalty interest under the Civil Procedure Rules

2000-02-10T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks -- rules of engagement -- a look at the eleventh update to the Civil Procedure Rules amendments

2000-02-10T00:00:00Z
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White coat defender -- the media sensation surrounding the Shipman murder trial did not hinder solicitor Ann Ball and her team from defending their client

2000-02-10T00:00:00Z
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On-line and over here -- the headline-making takeover of Time Warner by AOL is just one of a series of fast-moving developments that the Net giant's UK lawyers have had to master

2000-02-10T00:00:00Z

All News articles – Page 2926

Time for change -- Robert Sayer wants radical reform of the Society's Council to make it more representative of the profession -- and he thinks the President needs to be elected to a two-year term in

Migratory instinct -- Government pressure, low levels of pay, and the activities of an unscrupulous minority of solicitors are driving immigration lawyers to abandon legal aid work

Horror stories -- acting for notorious criminals often means dealing with press hysteria and disgust from the public

Shimpan victims need inquiry -- the publicity surrounding Harold Shipman's murder convictions would have forced a judge to dismiss any new case -- but justice demands that further allegations are give

Change of policy -- the proposed arrangements for professional indemnity insurance, which will be put before the Law Society's Council for a decision in April

Benchmarks -- children and capital -- the prospects of obtaining capital provision for children in family proceedings

Employment law -- part-time work; increase in limits

Test of character -- a week after the government announced fu ll implementation of the Defamation Act 1996, we look at a series of efforts aimed at updating what has long been seen as an archaic syste

Powers of attorney -- powers of attorney by joint proprietors following the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 -- Land Registry requirements

Success of conditional fees -- the Law Society remains unhappy about the abrupt withdrawal of legal aid for personal injury cases, but it wants conditional fee agreements to succeed

Benchmarks -- ask the judges -- a panel of district judges answers your questions on civil procedure matters

Stop the local rot -- private practice pay and opportunities are bleeding local authorities dry of legal talent, but, the best value regime will offer council solicitors a brighter future

Who is the probate client? And when should non-clients be given rule 15 information?

Benchmarks -- how Woolf is working -- second of a two-part update on court rulings under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Competitive edge -- last year, Law Society President Robert Sayer reignited the debate over fusion of the profession -- a look at the issue both here and abroad, where it has already happened

Judging the issue -- a judicial appointments commission would help end the obsession with oral advocacy and open up the bench to all suitably qualified applicants

Cases stayed pending credit ruling -- consumer credit in conditional fee agreements and penalty interest under the Civil Procedure Rules

Benchmarks -- rules of engagement -- a look at the eleventh update to the Civil Procedure Rules amendments

White coat defender -- the media sensation surrounding the Shipman murder trial did not hinder solicitor Ann Ball and her team from defending their client

On-line and over here -- the headline-making takeover of Time Warner by AOL is just one of a series of fast-moving developments that the Net giant's UK lawyers have had to master

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