Last 3 months headlines – Page 1178
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SRA goes global
The Solicitors Regulation Authority held the first ever international conference specifically for legal regulators last week, and it was a big success. More than 100 delegates attended, including regulators from the US, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Ireland and many other jurisdictions.
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Austerity a challenge to rule of law says Nobel prizewinner
Nobel economics laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz yesterday urged lawyers worldwide to help safeguard access to justice in the face of deep cuts to state aid for legal representation. 'Inequality was growing before the financial crisis and has been exacerbated by it,' he told thousands of ...
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Neuberger sworn in at start of legal year
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury was sworn in as the second president of the Supreme Court this morning, taking his seat as the most senior judge in the UK. His appointment follows the retirement of Lord Phillips who was the first president of the court opened by ...
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PI insurer’s collapse raises question mark over claims
The Law Society has urged former clients of the collapsed Lemma Europe insurance company to seek advice from their broker as soon as possible. Last week, the Supreme Court of Gibraltar appointed a provisional liquidator to establish the financial position of Lemma after the company had ...
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IBA 2012: ‘No western bias at International Criminal Court’
The UN's legal counsel has rebutted allegations that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is applying 'selective justice' by concentrating its attention on Africa. Patricia O'Brien also described as a 'misconception' claims that the US is 'in combat with' the court because it has not signed ...
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Offenders set to pay back their victims
All convicted criminals will pay towards supporting victims of crime, under new rules that come into force on Monday, justice minister Helen Grant announced today. Currently a victim surcharge of £15 is paid by offenders who are fined on conviction. Under the new scheme, all convicted ...
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Engaging with CC market investigations
A Market Investigation Reference (MIR) is made to the Competition Commission (CC) under the Enterprise Act 2002 when the Office of Fair Trading (or sector regulator, or in particular circumstances a minister) has reasonable grounds for suspecting that features of a market are preventing, restricting or distorting competition. In short, ...
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Motor insurers face competition probe
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) today referred the motor insurance industry to the Competition Commission after finding that motorists are being charged too much after an accident. The OFT provisionally decided to refer the market in May this year after a study found evidence that ...
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Court of Appeal ruling in 'whistleblowing' case
Members of limited liability partnerships are not ‘workers’ under employment legislation, the Court of Appeal ruled this week dismissing a whistleblowing claim made against City firm Clyde & Co. English qualified solicitor Krista Bates van Winkelhof alleged that she had been sacked by the firm in 2011, after she made ...
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Top 25 firms 'eclipsed' in growth figures
Law firms outside the top 25 in the UK are growing at a faster rate than those inside the top 25, new figures have revealed. Research by Deloitte into the first quarter of 2012/13 found firms between 26 and 50 grew fee income by 4.5%, whilst ...
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College of Law orders exam resits
The College of Law has ordered that 18 students retake two exams after papers were left overnight in a car that was then stolen. The scripts were driven off-site by a tutor from the Birmingham centre on August 29 but taken after burglars stole her handbag ...
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Defining the coroner’s role has been the work of centuries
In the world of sudden deaths, the law tends to move slowly. Parliament first passed legislation setting out the duties of coroners well over 700 years ago, in 1275. But the Statute of Westminster can also be seen as the last act of parliament to define the coroner’s role, in ...
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Commercial
Sale of goods – Passing of property – Set-off – Right of set-off FG Wilson (Engineering) Ltd v John Holt & Company (Liverpool) Ltd: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Popplewell): 6 September 2012 ...
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Warnings needed on ‘redesigned’ judicial pension scheme
I am a salaried judge of the First-tier Tax Tribunal and a solicitor. It is a matter of common knowledge that the judicial pension scheme is currently being ‘redesigned’. The leaflet published by the Judicial Appointments Commission in connection with the pension scheme reform (which was highlighted in your recent ...
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Conscience call
The impugners of conscientious objection in the case of Ms Ladele were allowed more than 500 words in which to express their illiberal opinions; Mr Davis’ letter contains about 50, and, though well-intentioned, scarcely touches the heart of the matter.
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BarCo escrow scheme ‘levels the playing field’
The Bar Council has developed a scheme to allow barristers to hold client money through a third party, a move that its chair says will create a ‘level playing field’ with solicitors. Today it launches BarCo, a third-party escrow account which holds client money, allowing barristers ...