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Society ‘looking at alternatives to client accounts’
The Law Society is looking at whether solicitors still need to have client accounts and what other options could be available to help cut the cost of regulation. Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson told the Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates annual conference on Saturday ...
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Should cyclists be treated differently?
by Malcolm Underhill, a personal injury specialist at IBB solicitors There has been much written about the number of cyclists injured on our roads, with campaigns to improve the lot of those who prefer two wheels, to four.
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RTA costs to be cut by £700
The government is set to slash £700 from the fixed recoverable costs for low-level claims handled through the RTA Portal scheme, the Gazette can reveal. According to figures released today by the Ministry of Justice, solicitors running claims valued at up to £10,000 will be able to claim £500 in ...
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Supreme Court justice calls for positive discrimination on the menu
Positive discrimination is the only thing likely to significantly accelerate the rate of progress towards a more diverse judiciary, a Supreme Court judge has suggested. Lord Sumption, who is also a former member of the Judicial Appointments Commission, said positive discrimination to increase the number of ...
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Welsh jurisdiction 'cart without a horse'
The case for a separate legal jurisdiction for Wales is ‘considerably weakened’ without devolved responsibility for policing and justice, the nation’s most senior lawyer said tonight. Theo Huckle, counsel general for Wales, said respondents to this year’s Welsh assembly government consultation on a separate jurisdiction had ...
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Last-chance warning on COLPs and COFAs
Hundreds of law firms risk losing their licence to practise within a matter of weeks unless they appoint compliance officers for legal practice (COLPs), and finance and administration (COFAs). Some 400 have still to do so, despite more than three months having elapsed since the 31 July deadline and repeated ...
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The Co-op’s a game-changer
I had the privilege of attending the launch of the Co-operative Legal Services Family Law service at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. It was a fascinating and thought-provoking occasion.
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Exclusivity at the bar
Attendees at the Bar Council’s annual conference were treated to an absolute masterclass in delivery from Lady Justice Rafferty. Delivering the keynote address, Rafferty spoke with poise and dry wit in defence of an elite. The word makes many at the bar shuffle – it does ...
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Don’t meddle with education and training, Neuberger warns
The president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, has warned regulators to hold back from radical change to legal education and training. Neuberger warned that too much emphasis on consumer interests could undermine the rule of law. The Legal and Education Training Review, set up by ...
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Insolvency
Bankruptcy – Discharge – Release of bankruptcy debts by discharge McRoberts v McRoberts: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Hildyard): 1 November 2012 A discharged bankrupt sought the release of his financial ...
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European Union
Workers – Freedom of movement – Social security – Income support Saint Prix v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Supreme Court (Lords Neuberger P, Mance, Kerr and Reed, Lady Hale): 31 October 2012 ...
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Part 36: the normal costs rules
The normal costs rules under part 36.10(5)(a) and (b) provide that, where a part 36 offer is accepted after the relevant period has expired and unless the court orders otherwise, the claimant will be entitled to the costs of the proceedings up to the date on which the relevant period ...
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Efforts to challenge domestic violence are welcome
Thank you to Wragge & Co and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy for their commendable initiatives in challenging domestic violence. I experienced domestic violence over a number of years while a solicitor in a City law firm, my ex-husband being a solicitor in another City law firm.
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Cause for complaint
I read the article by John Hyde entitled ‘Progress slow on standards’ with increasing disgruntlement over my coffee on Friday morning.
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Cheque mystery
On 12 September I sent an application to set aside a default judgment to Northampton. I was urged to send a cheque payable to an organisation by the name of ‘HM Courts and Tribunal Service’. My cheque was cashed on 3 October, since when I have heard nothing. I have ...
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Client care is top priority
As a (thankfully now semi-retired) solicitor of another generation, I was completely taken aback by the publication of James Caan’s comments. The headline - in the magazine - is: ‘Dragons’ Den star: It’s about the money.’ Is it?
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Roundtable: young guns
It is no bed of roses being a junior lawyer amid the biggest economic downturn since the second world war. Just as it is not easy being ‘junior’, that is to say, young, or in the early stages of trying to forge a career, in any walk of life. The ...
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‘Injustice’ is a dirty word
James Caan played an unsophisticated and ruthless mercenary (Santino Corleone) in The Godfather. His namesake is now given space on your front page to argue a similar philosophy.