Last 3 months headlines – Page 697
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Opening of the legal year
The lord chancellor, David Lidington, arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice this morning for the swearing in of Sir Ian Burnett as the new lord chief justice. In his inaugural message, Sir Ian Burnett said: 'At times of great change the central role of the judiciary upholding the rule ...
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Top 20 firm takes on 33-strong Slater and Gordon team
BLM announces that 11 partners are among those joining commercial advisory practice today.
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Lawyers feel Labour's love
Judging by the atmosphere at this year’s Labour conference in Brighton, you’d be forgiven for thinking the party had won the general election back in June. But the outcome, which took away Theresa May’s majority, has certainly rejuvenated the opposition, judging by shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti’s very apparent optimism. ...
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The Chuckles and the fury
Few judgments from the Upper Tribunal can be read in the style of the Chuckle Brothers, but Obiter has a candidate. Perhaps exasperated, judge Nicholas Wikeley decided that the children’s TV legends were the only appropriate medium for a case which had progressed from ‘car crash’ to a ‘mini motorway ...
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Walk this way (or run or cycle)
Feeling fit? This autumn’s London legal fundraising event, Walk the Thames, is coming up on 28 October. The course is a half- or full-marathon, following the Thames through the City of London out to the Surrey countryside. ‘Some people run it and a few cycle it,’ says the trust. Organisers ...
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Memory lane
The Law Society Gazette, 4 October 2007 Court video drive The government is to pilot extending the use of live video links into Crown courts for witnesses in certain sex offences in the next few months. A spokesman for the Courts Service said it is hoped that the pilot will ...
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News focus: How big data is transforming legal practice
If data is the new oil that will fuel the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, how can solicitors best exploit it to provide market-leading legal services?
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Lloyd George tribute
Members of the family of David Lloyd George joined Law Society president Joe Egan at a ceremony to rename the Old Council Chamber in 113 Chancery Lane in honour of the only solicitor to become prime minister. Lloyd George, who was PM from 1916 to 1922, was also the only ...
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News roundup: in brief
Probe of trial waivers A growing tendency for governments to encourage criminal defendants to waive their right to a trial will be examined at a free event organised by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and Fair Trials on 12 October. Logbook loans law A draft Goods Mortgages ...
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Conveyancing regulator joins price publication bandwagon
Council for Licensed Conveyancer outlines proposals to implement Competition and Markets Authority recommendations.
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Partners punished for failing to stop tax fraud colleague
Paralegal was under-declaring stamp duty on property transactions and keeping the money himself.
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Data law: don't expect a soft start, lawyers warned
General Data Protection Regulation will be enforced from day one, says information watchdog.
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Apply VAT to property search recharges, accountancy firm cautions
Armstrong Watson says HMRC may target law firms following first-tier tribunal judgment.
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Litigant-in-person figures expose family courts crisis
Neither applicant nor respondent represented in 36% of disposals, Ministry of Justice figures show.
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Four-day trial confirmed for media lawyer Lewis' fees battle
Arguments over counterclaims finally ended after High Court rejects latest application from firm.
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Cashier stole £500k to send to fake US soldier sweetheart
Firm replaced client account money within a day and immediately reported the matter to the SRA.
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Fast translation: interpreter supplier hits performance target
Government figures also show a drop in complaints as thebigword settles into government contract.
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Tribunal slams immigration judge for 'wholly failing' in his duties
First-tier tribunal judge, who is blind, subect of a string of complaints about his competence.
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PI market a year from cliff edge as damages set to rise
Researchers say the £4bn-a-year industry may not have long left in the sun.
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SRA turning legal sector into 'wild west', says Law Society
Criticism of plans to relax rules on how and where solicitors can practise.