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The Law Society’s Gazette, May 1913Minutes of the Special General Meeting held in the Society’s Hall Mr Ford asked the President whether, in view of the growth of officialdom in relation to the legal business of the country, the Council had considered, or would consider, the ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, May 1953The blind solicitor: Some of his problems and the means whereby they may be solved, by ‘Aveugle’ It is a fact that may surprise some, though by no means all, members of the profession that several solicitors practising in this country ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, 28 April 1982The international law background to the Falkland Islands dispute The most obvious current breach of international law relates to Argentina’s actions on Friday 2 April and following. Argentina has little right at international law to object to a British military ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, April 1953Legal Aid Scheme In my view it is high time that the Society pressed for the introduction of a new system of remuneration for solicitors in contentious matters. The existing scales are out of date and bear no relation either to ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, March 1938Road traffic tribunals The Law Society and the Bar Council made joint representations to the Ministry of Transport that the right of audience before Road Traffic Tribunals should be restricted to members of the legal profession and, in certain cases, to ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, March 1913Departmental Committee on Industrial Diseases A letter was read from the Home Office, enquiring whether the Council wished to give evidence before the Departmental Committee on the desirability or otherwise of including writer’s cramp as a qualification for compensation under the ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, 20 February 2003Fixed fees fights Solicitors could find themselves embroiled in a new wave of hostility and test litigation over costs if there is no progress on extending fixed fees to post-issue. The warning comes as the government begins work on introducing ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, 7 February 2008Bar Standards Board wants to abolish ‘cab rank rule’ The Bar Standards Board this week proposed the abolition of the ‘cab rank rule’ in a consultation on changes to be made in relation to the Legal Services Act 2007. BSB ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, January 1913 Official shorthand writers in courts of justice At the Annual General Meeting of the Society a resolution was passed referring it to the Council to consider and report whether it would be desirable that official shorthand ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, November 1952The service of the law by Sir Hartley Shawcross It was one of those first-class Pullman cars they have on these trains to Eastbourne. It was a crowded carriage as first-class carriages always are in these difficult times. Why is it ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, 11 November 1992Audience rights: the next step After a short debate, the Law Society’s Council last week approved an application for solicitor audience rights in the higher courts. The final draft – which covers both solicitors in private practice and employed solicitors ...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, 28 October 1987 Legal aid: what future? The willingness of legal aid practitioners to co-operate with the introduction of new schemes such as the ‘contingency legal aid fund’ or the ‘fixed costs scheme’ must be tempered by one ...
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Law Society’s Gazette, 11 October 1972 Excerpts from the inaugural address by President of the Law Society Sir Desmond Heap LLM People and Lawyers It is a matter of astonishment for lawyers that they seem to be regarded ...
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Law Society’s Gazette, September 1962 Father v Son An unusual encounter took place recently at Cardiff Magistrates’ court when a father and son, both of who are solicitors, appeared, respectively, for the defence and the prosecution. They are Mr Myer Cohen (admitted ...
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Law Society’s Gazette, 6 September 1972 New courts – cost relevance In an address to the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association in May, the Lord Chancellor said that ‘deplorable from the point of view of the public interest’ though the increase in ...
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Law Society’s Gazette, August 1942 Solicitor’s exploit When Tobruk was invested by the enemy, two British officers made a most daring escape. Driving out from the Tobruk perimeter in a motor vehicle, they joined an enemy troop convoy. German and Italian soldiers ...
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That a tendency towards self-advertisement is a most serious defect in the character of a solicitor has recently been rather forcibly brought home to me. An article of mine on a religious subject appeared in the May issue of our parish magazine. The editor, approving its ...