Last 3 months headlines – Page 1179
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Law firms blamed for claim delays
Law firms are delaying the processing of thousands of claims at the new centralised facility in Salford by stopping cheques and sending duplicate documents, the centre has complained. In the six months to 7 September, firms stopped 872 cheques, worth £167,140, that they had sent to ...
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Judge speaks out on pensions
A solicitor judge unhappy with pension reforms has warned lawyer colleagues to ‘think carefully’ before ‘burning their bridges’ in private practice to join the bench. In a letter to the Gazette published today the judge, whose name is withheld on request, says they ‘no longer feel ...
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Mutiny on Merseyside over weekend courts
The Ministry of Justice has denied reports it has ditched or delayed plans to open courts at weekends. But the ...
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Family lawyers call for more ADR support
A leading family lawyer has called for more government and judicial support to encourage separating couples to resolve disputes out of court. Jo Edwards, vice-chair of family lawyers’ group Resolution, made the plea following a survey that showed a lack of awareness among the public of ...
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Drafting a constitution
At the heart of any failed state is a constitution that is not performing – either because the balances its drafters struck between competing demands on the document were wrong, or because the machinery, will and resources to make it work are woefully inadequate.
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Jackson’s 10% increase in general damages
On 1 April 2013, the reforms to civil costs contained in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 will come into force. Part 2 of the act provides for the implementation of recommendations 7, 9, 14 and 94 of the final report on civil litigation costs by ...
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There's a limit to how challenged anyone can feel by a closely related professional
As the legal services sector liberalises, often-daily announcements confirm increased competition from unfamiliar sources. As we report today, the Bar Council’s launch of ‘BarCo’, a third-party escrow account to hold client money is the latest – allowing as it will, barristers to offer a full range of legal services without ...
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Should pro bono be compulsory?
by Lia Moses, a caseworker at LawWorks, a national charity working with solicitors to support pro bono across the profession The New York State Bar this month made it a requirement for all lawyers to carry out 50 hours of pro bono work before being admitted.
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Glee are the champions
Hit musical soap Glee inspired Sheffield and Doncaster solicitors Taylor Bracewell and Bhayani Bracewell to put new skills to the test – penning a song that won the Best Teamwork Award in the Glee Bah Business competition.
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Too much information
Obiter just adores the chance to put on a posh frock and head to west London to channel some of the old glamour of Belle Epoque – everyone in a ballroom so elegant, amusing, refined and fragrant. Thrilling, then, to be invited to the Commerce ...
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Plying their trade
Obiter is a big fan of the Manchester PI firm Express Solicitors, which has a penchant for curious publicity stunts. Earlier this year a snapper caught embarrassed staff posing somewhat redundantly next to a large train (an Express train, geddit?). Now we have this, designed to ...
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Chocolate smudges
It comes to something when all that seems to be worth watching on television, now the Olympics are finished, are reruns of the Sweeney. But last night I did learn something when Regan says to Carter: ‘He fooled the chocolate.’ I couldn’t work out what he meant. Rhyming slang drops ...
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Legal profession is finally getting to grips with technology
It surprises me that technology has taken so long to be a profound influence on the legal profession and its work. After all, we have been using mobile phones and email for over 20 years, and all the rest – iPads, smartphones, online selling – have followed in its wake. ...
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European Union
Directives - Interpretation - Medicinal products Fabio Caronna C-7/11: Court of Justice of the European Communities (Second Chamber): Judges Cunha Rodrigues (president of the chamber), Lõhmus (rapporteur), Rosas, Ó Caoimh, Arabadjiev: 28 June 2012 ...
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Weekend courts - unworkable and unnecessary
It can only be a matter of time before the Ministry of Justice admits that plans to extend weekend court sittings are unworkable, unnecessary and impractical, and ditches them.
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Will-writing should be reserved, super-regulator recommends
Will-writing, estate administration and probate should only be carried out by regulated legal professionals to give greater protection to consumers, the Legal Services Board has proposed. Following a consultation, the board said today that it will recommend to the lord chancellor that the services should be ...
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Immigration
Education - Grant for study - Eligibility R (on the application of Arogundade) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: QBD (Admin) (Mr Robin Purchas QC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge)): 7 September 2012 ...