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A worrying precedent
The Court of Appeal will soon be asked to decide how far an employer has to go in order to comply with its duty to inform an employee that they have a legal right. The case of R v R Plant Hire (Peterborough) Ltd v Bailey has worrying implications for ...
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First Bribery Act sentence ‘sends powerful message’
The East London court officer who faced the first prosecution under the 2010 Bribery Act has been sentenced to six years in prison. Munir Yakub Patel was jailed for six years for misconduct in a public office, to be served concurrently with a three-year sentence for ...
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Bank reveals £5m litigation funding outlay
International bank Investec has revealed it has lent around £5m this year to legal clients pursuing commercial litigation. The bank started a pilot of the scheme eight months ago and claims it is the first to offer specialist finance to pursue a civil claim in court. ...
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UK is top dog in Strasbourg
It is sweetly ironic that our Europhobic coalition government is in power at a time when the country holds two of the top positions at that bogeyman of the Tory shires - the Council of Europe (CoE) in Strasbourg, whose role it is to oversee the European Court of Human ...
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Is the government’s preference for ‘industry-led’ solutions tipping the scales in insurers' favour?
The relationship between the insurance industry and government has hit the headlines in recent weeks, with justice minister Jonathan Djanogly facing claims that his personal insurance investments could lead him to profit from the government’s own legislation implementing the Jackson reforms. The minister pointed out that he published the investments ...
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Summary Judgment
Solicitor - Undertaking - Claimant company seeking to finance purchase of ship Global Marine Drillships Ltd v Landmark Solicitors LLP and others: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Henderson): 24 October 2011 ...
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Damage limitation
In Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd v Pritchard [2011] EWCA Civ 329, [2011] All ER(D) 312 (Mar), the Court of Appeal considered whether contributory negligence could be raised as a defence to a claim for damages for the torts of assault and battery.
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Bankruptcy
Trustee in bankruptcy - Costs - Claimant trustee in bankruptcy commencing proceedings on behalf of estate Hunt (as trustee in bankruptcy of Janan George Harb) v Harb and another: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lord Neuberger, Lords Justice ...
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Ex-Minster Law chief unveils claims.com
A Leeds-based claims management company which paid a seven-figure sum for its web address opens for business this week, with a strategy that includes buying its own law firm and becoming an alternative business structure. Chief executive Matthew Briggs, who formerly led the Yorkshire personal injury ...
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Alcoholism in profession ‘underestimated’
Widely publicised research findings that 15-24% of lawyers will suffer from alcoholism during their careers may underestimate the problem, the legal health support charity LawCare said this week. Among senior solicitors the figure is nearly one in three, a spokeswoman told the Gazette.
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‘Last chance’ to stop legal aid cuts - Khan
Only the House of Lords can preserve the notion of equality for everyone before the law, the shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan writes in the Gazette today. On the eve of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill reaching the Lords, Khan says ...
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Shock as firms fail in family legal aid bid
An unexpectedly high number of failed applications for family legal aid contracts has caused surprise in the sector. The Legal Services Commission announced this week that 93% of those who bid for the new family law contracts had been successful. Contracts have been offered to ...
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Coffin up for death
Here’s some news to cheer up our probate colleagues. Naturally, it concerns death and taxes. The Trouble with Dying, Sun Life Direct’s annual survey into the cost of dying, has concluded that the average final bill for joining the choir invisible has risen by £436 to £7,248 over the past ...
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Xmas cheer
Like Obiter, you may be a curmudgeon who dreads Christmas as a time for suffering relatives who have the temerity to earn more than you. If so, we have the perfect antidote to festive gloom - More Morello Letters, the sequel to the much-loved Morello ...
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Steamy get-together
Manchester-based personal injury firm Express Solicitors sent us this tender memento of a steamy get-together to mark the promotion of Sharon Denby, Margaret Bailey-Tsavalas and Rachel Flannigan to partnership. We’re not sure of the train of thought behind the shot, but we’re chuffed for them ...