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Law firm launches online fixed-fee service
A London law firm and a barristers’ chambers have collaborated to offer a new online fixed-fee legal advice scheme. EDC Lord & Co and 6 Pump Court Chambers have launched ClickLaw24.com with referral agency Contact Law. The service provides 24/7 access to ...
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Irwin Mitchell to seek external investment
National firm Irwin Mitchell has become one of the first law firms to give notice that it will seek external investment as it embraces the opportunities presented by the Legal Services Act. The firm, which has nine offices in the UK, will seek external investment ...
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The problem with injunctions
I know the name of the Premier League footballer who has taken out an injunction to prevent his private life being thrust into public consumption. Or at least, I think I know. I’ve certainly heard his name mentioned over a chat at the bar. ...
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SRA publishes strategy for combating conveyancing fraud
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has published a draft supervision and enforcement strategy, setting out how it plans to work with conveyancing firms to combat fraud and money laundering. The strategy forms part of a package of measures designed to address problems in this ...
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Linklaters tops table of law firm websites
Magic circle firm Linklaters has the best corporate website of the top 10 UK law firms, according to a new benchmarking survey. Linklaters’ site was placed 6th in a survey of 100 corporate websites by digital marketing agency Intendance, with magic circle firm Slaughter and May ...
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Solicitors have won the battle over insurance
The legal profession locks horns with the insurance industry on a daily basis, and this animosity is only increased when a regulator or a government decides that the two must change their ways. But in my three years at the Gazette, I can’t remember a ...
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TUC warns against impact of employment law reforms
Government plans for reform of employment tribunals will discriminate against black and minority ethnic groups, disabled people, women, and young workers, according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC). The TUC said today that it is ‘seriously concerned’ that the government’s proposals ‘are heavily weighted in favour ...
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Half of UK adults cold-called by claims firms
More than half of the UK’s adults have been cold-called or texted by claims firms in the past three years, research has suggested. A survey of almost 2,000 adults by market researchers consumerintelligence.com also found that 78% of people are concerned by a ‘growing compensation culture’ ...
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Prudential granted leave to appeal in privilege case
The Supreme Court has granted financial services company Prudential leave to appeal in a Court of Appeal case that had confirmed that legal professional privilege (LPP) can only apply to qualified solicitors and barristers. If Prudential chooses to go ahead with the appeal, a reversal of ...
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European Arrest Warrant: enough is enough
Julian Assange of Wikileaks is not the only one who thinks there are flaws in the working of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW). He has been joined now by no less than the Commissioner of Justice, Viviane Reding, on the occasion of the third European ...
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Consumer ‘confusion’ over legal expenses insurance
The public’s knowledge of legal expenses insurance is limited, despite the fact that 25 million UK households have bought the cover, according to research published today. A report by Consumer Focus, the UK consumer watchdog, found that 43% of people knew little or nothing about before-the-event ...
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CBI slams ‘claim first, think later’ tribunal culture
The government must tackle the ‘claim first, think later’ culture that is making employment tribunals slow and costly for employers, a report has urged. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) report Settling the Matter claims that there has been a 173% rise over the last five ...
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More law firms face financial distress, report suggests
There has been a 61% increase over the last 12 months in the number of law firms and other professional service providers facing financial distress, according to a report by business consultants Begbies Traynor. The Red Flag Alert report said that the number of professional services ...
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Society welcomes amendment to solicitors’ insurance rules
The Law Society has welcomed the decision of the Solicitors Regulation Authority to amend its proposals on reform of the solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (PII) market.
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Law firm develops divorce app
A North London family solicitor has launched an app designed to help divorcing or separating couples in England and Wales to save money on their legal fees. Peter Martin, head of family law at Finchley firm OGR Stock Denton, has devised the ‘Divorce?’ app to provide ...
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What do men and women solicitors really think about discrimination?
The Gazette’s recent survey about whether gender discrimination exists within the legal profession clearly struck a chord with many readers. Not only did we get a pretty good response rate, but also a huge number of detailed comments and opinions from those who participated. ...
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Immigration
Human rights - Duty of care - Compensatory damages Home Office v Mohammed and Ors: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Sedley, Thomas, Hooper): 29 March 2011 The appellant Home Office ...
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Human rights
Damages - Penology and criminology - General damages R (on the application of Daniel Faulkner) v (1) Secretary of State for Justice (2) Parole Board: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Sedley, Hooper, Wilson): 29 March 2011 ...
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Civil evidence
Expert evidence - Expert witnesses - Immunity from suit - Justification Paul Wynne Jones v Sue Kaney: SC (Justices of the Supreme Court: Lords Phillips (president), Hope (deputy president), Brown, Collins, Kerr, Dyson, Lady Hale): 30 March 2011 ...