Last 3 months headlines – Page 942
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Summit: targeted sanctions ‘a problem for the rule of law’
Former attorney general warns well-meaning governments about ‘making a rod for their own back’.
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Summit: Magna Carta – ‘equality before the law in gestation’
The great charter has a life of its own, says former lord chief justice.
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Court fees ‘no serious risk’ to legal services – minister
House of Commons committee agrees fees for civil litigation claims over £10,000.
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‘Named and shamed’ minimum wage offender hits back
South-coast firm maintains it was acting legitimately over apprentice’s pay.
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Summit: arbitration threat ‘illusory’
Magic circle partner decries ‘cultish’ attitudes to arbitration.
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Legendary Scottish solicitor dies
Criminal defence lawyer Joe Beltrami, who became a household name in Scotland, has died aged 83.
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Claimant who missed hearing escapes sanctions
Mr Justice Sweeney said case management decisions are ‘not lightly to be interfered with’.
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Summit: football’s chaotic finances under scrutiny
PFA boss Gordon Taylor tells lawyers at GLS: ‘I recognise rather too many of your faces.’
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Summit: midmarket firms told to cede power to non-lawyers
Firms in the ‘squeezed middle’ must deploy wider expertise to boost profits, conference told.
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Slater and Gordon: no offer yet put to Quindell
Australian firm responds after UK company announces exclusivity extension.
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Summit: I'm proud of you, Grayling tells sector
Lord chancellor promises to do everything he can to help legal sector to thrive.
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Summit: rights should apply online as well as off – EU justice chief
New legislation should give consumers ‘more control and more choice’ EU justice commissioner tells Global Law Summit.
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Barrister disbarred for practising without valid PC
Jonathan Oultram practised as a barrister from March 2013 to January 2014 despite not being properly authorised to do so.
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Summit: dissenters rally at Westminster
Not the Global Law Summit condemns ‘very poor’ lord chancellor.
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Summit: no change is seldom an option, says Grayling
Embattled lord chancellor says that challenges are driven by ‘economic reality’.
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Grayling faces Magna Carta challenge to court fee hikes
Proposals tantamount to ‘selling justice’, contrary to the principles of 1215, Law Society says in pre-action protocol letter.
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Summit: ‘inconvenience’ a threat to rule of law – LCJ
Lord Thomas challenges delegates to consider how clauses 39 and 50 of Magna Carta should apply to modern challenges.
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SRA taken to task over perceived City bias
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said it had been placed in ‘a most unsatisfactory position’ by the regulator.
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Let mediation solve ‘toxic’ disputes – Tory MP
MoJ last month said it would encourage greater use of mediation in boundary disputes, but stopped short of making it compulsory for all litigants.