“The European Commission should more clearly define what is meant by ‘cybercrime’ in order to prevent personal data from being processed in cases where it cannot be legally justified, an EU privacy watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Does the law need to be rectified? Chartbrook revisited (PDF)
The Chancery Bar Association, Annual Lecture 2013
Source: www.chba.org.uk
“The government has today rejected the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) recommendation that will-writing become a reserved legal activity.”
Legal Futures, 14th May 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) will in future strongly recommend any legal representative drafting grounds of appeal against sentence to incorporate within those grounds a pro forma table setting out the details of the sentence passed.”
The Bar Council, 21st March 2012
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“The actions of two companies can lead to a binding contract being formed even if there is a mistake in the terms of the contract itself, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“We are told that writing a will is vital to secure the future of our loved ones. But many who set out with all the best of intentions, find that what should be a simple act is frustrated by ‘glaring errors’, pressure-selling, and over-inflated fees, according to the Law Society.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Open Justice Unbound? (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Judicial Studies Board Annual Lecture, 16th March 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Acquitted defendants can claim the full cost of private legal fees, after the Ministry of Justice admitted there is a drafting error in the regulations intended to implement its controversial policy to cap awards.”
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Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd June 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The master of the rolls has called for fewer and more carefully drafted laws to avoid handing too much power to the judiciary.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The way Britain is governed has gone wrong and is in urgent need of reform, a group of former Whitehall chiefs has warned in a highly critical report.”
BBC News, 27th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A court has attacked lawyers who let word processors do their thinking for them. Standard paragraphs are being bolted together to make nonsensical agreements, said a High Court ruling on Friday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
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