Last 3 months headlines – Page 1355
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Give a hand to self-litigants, says CJC
Everything must be done to ‘simplify and demystify’ the law to help the increasing number of self-litigants, according to the Civil Justice Council (CJC). In a report to the lord chancellor and lord chief justice published yesterday the CJC calls for action to assist litigants ...
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What would a law firm run by Darwin do?
If Charles Darwin were alive today, what would he say about the world of Solicitors? As a reminder, Darwin wrote: 'In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.'
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Will consumers settle for 'legal advice lite'?
You remember that arcade game where you whacked crocodiles with a mallet? No matter what you did another would pop up - it was as frustrating as it was futile. I imagine running a small law firm must be similarly exasperating right now. The likes of ...
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Immigration
Asylum seeker - Asylum support - Claimant's asylum application and appeal being refused R (on the application of VC and others) v Newcastle City Council; R (on the application of K) v Newcastle City Council: Queen's Bench Division, Divisional ...
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Arbitration
Award - Appeal - Challenge to award on ground of serious irregularity Micoperi SrL v Shipowners' Mutual Protection & Indemnity Association (Luxembourg): Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Burton): 21 October 2011 ...
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Jurisdiction
Practice - Service out of the jurisdiction - Action or contract governed by English law Saad Investments Company Ltd v Al-Sanea: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Walker): 14 October 2011 ...
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Jurisdiction
Claim form - Service - Service out of the jurisdiction SSL International plc and another v TTK LIG Ltd and others: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Mummery, Arden and Stanley Burnton): 19 October 2011 ...
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Is gaining the formal qualification of an MBA time and money well spent?
Ask those with MBA after their name what it was like combining high-level studying with a full-time job and they don’t pull any punches - ‘horrendous’, ‘hellish’, ‘think it will be hard and then multiply that 100 times’. But ask are they glad they did it, and the answer is ...
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Jurisdiction
Conflict of laws - Civil and commercial matters Lornamead Acquisitions Ltd v Kaupthing Bank HF: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Gloster): 18 October 2011 The Commercial Court, Queen's ...
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Jurisdiction
Conflict of laws - Challenge to jurisdiction WMS Gaming Inc v B Plus Giocolegale Ltd: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Simon): 13 October 2011 Queen's Bench Division (Commercial ...
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Trainee redundancies ‘unlawful’
The Law Society is investigating claims that trainee solicitors whose contracts are terminated are being made redundant unlawfully. David Taylor, a partner at London firm Hanne & Co, said the number of redundant trainees seeking advice has risen this year for the first time since 2008. ...
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Welsh separation of legal powers ‘inevitable’
Further separation of legal powers between Wales and England is inevitable, leading Welsh academics have told the Gazette, as the Welsh Assembly prepares to launch a year-long consultation on creating a separate legal jurisdiction. They say the devolution process, accelerated by this year’s referendum vote in ...
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Board shakeup at Chancery Lane
The Law Society has announced plans to streamline its executive leadership structure to ‘enable the organisation to strengthen its service provision’. Chancery Lane is creating three new senior roles that will be accountable for its representation work, professional services and internal operations. ...
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Whiplash compensation system 'open to fraud'
Three-quarters of healthcare professionals believe the current system of compensation for whiplash is open to fraud. A survey of more than 500 GPs, physiotherapists and consultants found widespread scepticism about the process of claiming after accidents. Almost 90% believe some whiplash ...
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Sentencing
Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Violent disorder - Defendant involved in student protests over tuition fees R v Gilmour: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Hughes, Mr Justice Cranston, Mr Justice Hickinbottom): 28 October 2011 ...
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Bar Conference 2011: barristers 'ready to strike' over tendering plan
Criminal barristers will take ‘direct action’ - including withdrawing their services - if the government presses ahead with its plans for price-competitive tendering, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association has warned. Max Hill QC (pictured) said that the proposal to introduce best value tendering for the provision of publicly ...
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Bar Conference 2011: chambers eye direct service offers
A growing number of barristers are looking to offer services directly to the public, which could help them gain legal aid contracts, the head of the bar told delegates. Peter Lodder QC (pictured) said hundreds of barristers had already completed the public access training courses that ...
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Jurisdiction
Court of Appeal - Appeal from Divisional Court - Whether permission to appeal to be granted R (on the application of Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Neuberger (master ...