Last 3 months headlines – Page 1339
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Government will not remove police station advice, Djanogly pledges
The government has no intention of removing legal help from people detained at police stations, justice minister Jonathan Djanogly confirmed today. Speaking at the Legal Action Group’s conference in London, he said that although the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill would enable the ...
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Companies warned over Bribery Act
Companies have been warned there will be no ‘grace period’ after the Bribery Act comes into force from today. Strict new rules will reform the antiquated UK laws and clamp down on the bribery of public officials and corporate executives. Individuals found ...
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Our analysis of the legal aid and sentencing bill
A close reading of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill has left many lawyers, campaign groups and politicians who support the legal aid system more worried than ever about future provision. Even though the government decided to rush to a second reading ...
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The Bribery Act: were businesses ready?
The Bribery Act is a significant piece of legislation in the UK’s battle against corruption both at home and abroad, and has potential implications for all businesses, across all sectors in the UK. The Act came into force today, the 1 July 2011. ...
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Solicitors join London Pride march
The Law Society has called on solicitors to join it in marching at London Pride 2011 this Saturday to celebrate diversity in the legal profession. The Law Society, Bar Council, Institute of Legal Executives, Junior Lawyers Division, Bar Lesbian and Gay Group, Lesbian and Gay Lawyers ...
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Conveyancing Quality Scheme applications pass 1,000
The Law Society has received more than 1,000 applications for its Conveyancing Quality Scheme, it said today. Some 1,034 applications have been submitted since the scheme opened in January, and 317 have been accredited so far. Law Society president Linda Lee ...
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Failing to investigate complaints can cost thousands
Our business is complaints. Yet I suspect that I was not the only one who spent a fair amount of time poring over the picture revealed by the Legal Services Board’s research into the way lawyers deal with complaints. To ...
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Are we at saturation point with rights?
The European Commission - or at any rate its justice arm - is big on rights. Justice commissioner Viviane Reding has recently published two important packages covering, first, suspects’ and defendants’ rights (the so-called Measure C, which will give the right to a lawyer anywhere ...
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Restricting arrests for crimes of universal jurisdiction is more about politics than legal principles
Joshua Rozenberg is ready to support ‘reasons of state’ for restricting the right to ask a magistrate to authorise the first step in the private prosecution of a suspected war criminal.
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A criminal expense
I would like to make a comment in the debate about government legal aid cuts. There should be a distinction between criminal and civil legal aid. To my knowledge, criminal legal aid has always been dealt with differently. ...
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Face up to fraud
I could not agree more with Mr Borman’s letter of 23 June. Clients do ‘want something tangible’ to hold and be able to take pride in property ownership. However I feel there is a bigger issue. ...
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Paper deeds hope
Further to Mr Haworth’s letter of 16 June, I concur entirely with his view. I wrote to the Weymouth Land Registry in March on the topical subject of property fraud and in response to my plea for the return of the humble Land Certificate I ...
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Get it right
When I saw the caption beneath the photograph illustrating my article ‘Getting a Get’, which you kindly published on 16 June, I was somewhat perplexed, as I was not aware that a wife would display her rings in her hands in the rabbinical court, meaning she’s succeeded in having her ...
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Arbitration
Award - Russian courts - Claimant seeking interest payments in England Yukos Capital SARL v OJSC Rosneft Oil Company: Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Hamblen): 14 June 2011 ...
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Divorce and inherited assets
Earlier this year I provided an update regarding the family courts’ treatment of inherited assets upon divorce. Since then, two of the judgments discussed in that article have been subject to Court of Appeal decisions.
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Human rights committee is making unrealistic demands on extradition
Is it easier for the United States to have a suspect extradited from the United Kingdom than it is for the UK to get someone handed over by the US? Ever since the US-UK extradition treaty was signed in 2003, there have been complaints that ...
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Tweeter fix
Obiter is always keen to hear from Jonathan Djanogly, notwithstanding the rather sour taste left by his recent communications on legal aid. And we smelt a gold-plated scoop last week when the Twitter feed from @JonDjanogly offered up evidence of a leadership plot at the ...
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Shaggy dog story
A Cumbrian solicitor is taking on a different type of trial as he leads a world competition later this year. Nigel Davis (pictured) is the chair of the organising committee for the 2011 World Sheepdog Trials being held in September. The event ...