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Webinar - Discussion on How to Cut the Costs of Litigation
Last Updated: 02/09/2010 23:46:39
3rd September - Dominic Regan, Visiting Professor in The City Law School chaired the biggest Webinar in legal history, in conjunction with the New Law Journal earlier this month - view it here!
LAWnewsUK Teams up with Planning Firm Mills-Reeve
Last Updated: 02/09/2010 23:45:59
3rd September - Mills & Reeve LLP specialists in planning law are kindly providing us with planning news from their blog. The first of these focusses on the little known Uthwatt Report - Thank you to partner, David Brock.
Voyeurs and Exhibitionists not Protected by New Equalities Act
Last Updated: 02/09/2010 14:50:41
2nd September - The government has laid regulations before parliament stating that voyeurism and exhibitionism are not disabilities for the purpose of the Equality Act 2010.
Law Society attacks right of Legal Executives to make grants of probate
Last Updated: 31/08/2010 20:43:25
1st September - In the same month the UK saw its first legal executive judge, it has been proposed that will-writers and legal executives should be given the right to make grants of probate by next March. However, the Law Society has warned that the move could give ‘false comfort’ to consumers. Part on the proposal also means that there would the ability to grant Fellows and Graduate Members independent rights to conduct criminal litigation...
Commercial Property, Civil Litigation Solicitor
Last Updated: 31/08/2010 20:17:35
1st September - Berkshire, Negotiable...
Solicitor Clinical Negligence wanted North Yorkshire
Last Updated: 30/08/2010 22:30:15
31st August - Established niche practice in the North East seek a competent Clinical Negligence Solicitor due to expansion. The suitable individual will have between two to five years PQE and exposure to this field and be capable of handling own caseload with minimal supervision. Excellent career prospects and remuneration package offered to the successful candidate £30k - £50k...
British Chamber of Commerce slates employment law deluge
Last Updated: 30/08/2010 22:26:27
31st August - The relentless flow of complex employment law is stifling UK competitiveness and risks future job creation, according to a new report by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC)...
Family law charity ball in Bristol
Last Updated: 30/08/2010 22:25:47
31st August - Are you are interested in attending a Family law charity ball on Saturday 11th September? The event will be held at the Marriott Hotel, College Green, Bristol...
Future of the Bar lecture
Last Updated: 26/08/2010 21:47:25
27th August - Middle Temple Hall, Baroness Ruth Deech, Chair of the Bar Standards Board, gave a lecture entitled, "The Future of the Bar".
The Law Commission's consultancy paper on civil penalties for crimes
Last Updated: 26/08/2010 21:26:03
27th August - Don't worry burglars are not about to be sanctioned with a fine instead of the usual serving of porridge! - With more than 3,000 criminal offences having been put into legislation since 1997, according to the commission, and many people believing government has become too reflexively punitive, these proposals will rightly attract support - The Law Commission discusses its plans...
The new retirement age – implications for employers and employees
Last Updated: 26/08/2010 12:42:16
26th August - by Ian Bird Principal Partner at Foster Denovo - A radical shake up of the state pensions announced by the coalition government will involve an acceleration of the plans to raise the retirement age in order to help reduce the budget deficit and a plan to scrap the default retirement age of 65 from 1 October 2011...
Law Society backs calls for criminal law reform
Last Updated: 25/08/2010 22:10:24
26th August - The Law Society has backed calls for the abolition of low-level criminal laws in favour of civil penalties but no comment yet as far as pleading guilty in the police station in order to halve sentences...
Laing O'Rourke fined 125k for falling injury
Last Updated: 25/08/2010 21:59:04
26th August - Laing O’Rourke has been fined £125,000 after one of its workers suffered “life-changing” injuries when he fell on a Tyneside site...
Don't miss free marketing opportunity; enter the Excellence Awards!
Last Updated: 25/08/2010 12:01:27
25th August - The Law Society is encouraging firms who are pretty chuffed with themselves and want some free marketing to enter their Excellence Awards...
Only 1 in 5 to get training contracts but help is on its way!
Last Updated: 25/08/2010 11:51:37
25th August - The Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society has a host of plans to help you find a training contract or if not make sure that academic work counts...
Iranian protester's wife asked to accept 'blood money' for silence
Last Updated: 23/08/2010 22:16:57
24th August - In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the wife of a protester who was murdered during the 2009 post-election protests talked in detail about the continued pressure on her for concealing the truth about her husband’s death.
Top Gear in the dumps over Stig case
Last Updated: 23/08/2010 22:03:30
24th August - Publisher HarperCollins and the BBC have begun a court battle over a book that reveals the identity of Top Gear's The Stig.
In house contracts solicitor 50k
Last Updated: 23/08/2010 21:31:24
24th August - Working with in a small in-house legal team you will be responsible for a full caseload of contracts including service level agreements, governance advice and some IT contracts. You will also be required to handle high-level negotiations and advise both internal departments and 3rd party clients on contractual matters....
US firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is set to launch an office in Hong Kong
Last Updated: 23/08/2010 21:26:26
24th August - Weiheng Chen, a counsel in Milbank’s Hong Kong and Beijing offices, joins Wilson Sonsini as a partner in the corporate and securities practice, and will co head the firm’s China practice...
Immigration cap will strangle City law firms, warns Law Society
Last Updated: 23/08/2010 20:56:28
24th August - Plans by the Coalition Government to impose a permanent cap on immigration will severely restrict UK law firms’ ability to conduct overseas work and prevent firms from attracting overseas lawyers and moving employees from their international offices to London, damaging the UK legal sector's hard-earned international reputation...
Firm to take on trainee(s)
Last Updated: 22/08/2010 21:46:57
23rd August - A new US firm to the UK has confirmed that it will start to take on trainees in its new London office.
First ILEX Judge helps shed 'poor cousin tag'
Last Updated: 22/08/2010 21:46:29
23rd August - The first Legal Executive Fellow judge has been announced.
Mills and Reeve - climate change should be given greater priority
Last Updated: 22/08/2010 21:03:07
Monday 23rd August - The latest posting from Mills and Reeve's Plan-it Law blog
In March 2010, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee published its report on Adaption to Climate Change. Earlier this month, Defra published the Coalition Government's response...
New Legal Price Comparison Site Launches!
Last Updated: 20/08/2010 14:59:46
20th August - 'Simples!' Wigster.com may respond if you suggest to them how this system will work but with cases of varying degrees of complexity how will a site like this list a fixed price list to the public for different claims?...
Exclusive interview with Avocats Sans Frontieres
Last Updated: 20/08/2010 10:01:46
20th August - Many lawyers who want to do their bit for charity are taking an interest in 'ASF' who work slavishly to help the most vulnerable around the world, with independent and impartial access to justice, We are grateful for this extensive and thought provoking interview...
Vote in The Law Soc Excellence Awards
Last Updated: 18/08/2010 13:57:51
18th August - The Law Society Excellence Awards 2010 – Deadline extension - The deadline for entry to the prestigious Excellence Awards has been extended to 27 August. The categories follow..
Employment Solicitor Nottingham 55k
Last Updated: 18/08/2010 13:19:27
18th August - 3 years PQE required to work on commercial matters with unrivalled clients...
Brazil bans the joke
Last Updated: 18/08/2010 09:23:20
18th August - Dubbed the 'anti joking law' Brazil's comedians are not allowed to poke fun at candidates ahead of the nation's presidential election in October...
Proposal to scrap advertising by 'no win no fee' merchants
Last Updated: 18/08/2010 09:10:11
18th August - If Lord Young of Graffham wants no more cringeworthy sleek adverts and perhaps even a ban on referral fees. If he gets his way the repercussions could be huge..
Call for guidance for estate agents in conflict of interest cases
Last Updated: 16/08/2010 23:02:33
17th August - Paul Marsh, Vice Chairman of the Law Society calls for better guidance for estate agents in relation conflicts of interest...
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