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Death threats by text
The death threat had been sent by text to the mobile telephone of a lawyer in Colombia. Translated from the Spanish and sanitised for the firewalls, it said: ‘Hi, b*stard dogs. You have already done your bit, now it’s our turn. Get all those b*stards together for your and your ...
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High court declines JR of assisted suicide law
The High Court has told two men suffering from ‘locked-in syndrome’ that their legal challenges to the ban on voluntary euthanasia have been rejected. In judgment today, the court said that it recognised that the men’s cases raised difficult ethical, social and legal issues, and expressed ...
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Only parliament can help Tony Nicklinson
If Tony Nicklinson had the ability, he would take his own life. The father-of-two says his current existence, paralysed from the neck down and communicating through blinking, is intolerable. Without the physical capability, he will need someone to assist him, but the law will not grant ...
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Disability pioneer Morris dies at 84
The campaigner who almost single-handedly made it a duty of local authorities to assist disabled people with a range of free services has died aged 84. Lord Morris of Manchester (Alf Morris) was a Labour MP under prime minister Harold Wilson when in 1970, in the ...
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If you can’t do, learn
Have you ever wondered how a lawyer who practises in, say, commercial law would ever be able to help an individual with the sorts of legal issues encountered by someone with sufficiently limited means to qualify for pro bono assistance? At LawWorks we do, in fact, ...
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LSB confirms PC fee rises
The Legal Services Board today confirmed its acceptance of higher practising certificate fees for 2013, as agreed by the Law Society’s Council in early July. The practising certificate (PC) fee for 2013 will increase by 5%, from £328 to £344, following a reduction of 23% from 2011 to 2012. ...
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Two-year PII deals gain in popularity as 2013 uncertainty looms
An underwriting agency specialising in two-year insurance deals is targeting £25m of business for this year’s professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal period. Indemnity Risk Solutions says law firms will be looking for longer-term options in advance of the phasing out next year of the assigned risks ...
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Law Commission takes aim at multiple wildlife statutes
Wildlife law could be modernised to balance the conflicting priorities of managing wildlife for sport with protecting and conserving it under Law Commission proposals published today. The aim is to simplify the current legal framework, which includes statues dating back to the 1831 Game Act, ...
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Ten reasons not to go on holiday
You can work on indemnity insurance proposal forms that are being sent daily by email, post, dx and by hand. Or alternatively use them to redecorate your office. You may miss your best ever case and your only chance to make legal history. Or you may ...
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Selection in state education
In the Gazette of 26 July, Lucinda Moule called for more selection in state education to improve social mobility. She is wrong. International evidence shows that selection depresses social mobility, while increasing segregation and the gap in achievement between rich and poor. Selection never was a ...
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Take responsibility to help train our successors
So, it's not exactly surprising news, then? Apparently only 100 or so solicitors have so far bothered to reply to the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR). Admittedly, the consultation document took over half an hour to complete, but shows that most solicitors simply do not ...
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Ten reasons not to go on holiday
You can work on indemnity insurance proposal forms that are being sent daily by email, post, dx and by hand. Or alternatively use them to redecorate your office. You may miss your best-ever case and your only chance to make legal history. Or you may ...
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Doctors blame 'no win, no fee' for rise in legal actions
Doctors are facing unprecedented increases in claims for compensation for clinical negligence, according to the head of the Medical Defence Union. The mutual organisation, which indemnifies clinicians against claims, has revealed plans for a campaign to persuade ministers to cut the costs of damages awards. ...
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Property management business becomes latest ABS
A property management company based in London has become the latest organisation to be granted a licence as an alternative business structure. Crabtree Property Management, established in 1983, says it runs more than 17,000 units in a portfolio spread across London and the south of England. ...
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Debt judgments down by 27%, new figures show
The combined value of UK debt judgments fell sharply last year, according to statistics collected from courts across the UK. Figures released yesterday by Registry Trust, a non-profit company which runs a UK-wide register of judgment information, also show a rise in the use of ...
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An earthquake in US legal education
If you are feeling miserable about lawyer problems in our jurisdiction, read this and put your feelings in perspective. Last week, I wrote about going to the American Bar Association’s (ABA) annual meeting to learn. Well, here comes the most important thing I discovered: the legal education system in the ...
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SRA ponders policing of referral fee ban
The Solicitors Regulation Authority will set out within weeks how it intends to police the forthcoming ban on referral fees. The SRA has confirmed it will draw up a formal policy position in advance of a 12-week consultation starting this autumn. The ...
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Society slams ‘flawed’ logic on harassment liability plan
The Law Society has criticised the ‘fundamentally flawed’ logic behind government plans to scrap an employer’s liability for a third party’s harassment of an employee. The plan, set out in a Government Equalities Office consultation which closed on 7 August, argues that such liability is an ...