Law Society Gazette, 9 May 2016
Solicitors dig in for battle on PI reforms
Lawyers’ groups are bracing themselves for a prolonged fight with the government over curbs to personal injury claims after justice minister Lord Faulks dashed hopes for a retreat on the controversial plans.
4 May 2006
Death toll for bill
Plans for patient-assisted suicide will fail because they do not have the backing of the legal profession, Birmingham Law Society has claimed. Under the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, which is to receive its second reading in the House of Lords this month, a solicitor will be required to confirm that a patient is ‘of sound mind’ and also witness the declaration that they wish to die.
1 May 1996
Dibbs takes steps to incorporate
A top-10 City law firm has fired the gun which could start a race for the incorporation of the profession, ending the traditional partnership system. Dibb Lupton Broomhead has drafted in one of the big six accountants to conduct a feasibility study into incorporating as soon as possible.
7 May 1986
Conveyancing – a leap into the light
One of the best things that could happen to the solicitors’ profession is that over a reasonable period of transition, the burden of routine domestic conveyancing could pass to a different, less ‘learned’ and more mechanical ‘profession’, suitable for providing the high-volume, simplified conveyancing service which the future holds.
5 May 1976
National sovereignty and the European Court
The European Court is developing along the lines of the American Supreme Court. It is more of a political tribunal than a technical court. Its decisions cannot be amended by fresh legislation or by a constitutional amendment. Such forms of democratic control over the European Court can be developed only in the long term.
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