“A court clerk from Liverpool who helped more than 70 motorists falsify their
driving records and escape bans has been jailed for six years.”
BBC News, 13th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board wants to set in motion plans for a single, independent regulator that will cover the entire legal profession.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th September 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Are you one of the 17,000 students about to embark on a law course in the UK? Why not get your teeth stuck into our quiz to find out how clued up you are before you start at university? We have so many preconceptions about the law from what we see on the TV and through films — but how much do you really know?”
OUP Blog, 26th August 2013
Source: www.blog.oup.com
“Law firms are receiving up to 100 applications for every paralegal vacancy as graduates become desperate for work and firms seek out lower staff costs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The long running case of Padden v Bevan Ashford [2013] EWCA Civ 824 has reached its dénouement. It is a case not without its human interest, and legally it illustrates important points of practice and principle which arise when a solicitor is instructed to give independent advice on what may well be an improvident transaction, as well, perhaps, on the vagaries of some county court judges. It has involved two county court trials, including a retrial after one county court judge decided that the defendants had no case to answer, and that to ‘foist’ a duty to give ‘full’ advice on a solicitor who simply agreed to see someone who had come in off the street was ‘an absurdity’. To the concern of many solicitors, but quite correctly, both the subsequent judge upon a re-trial the Court of Appeal (twice) decided that the case was anything but absurd. In the end, the solicitors were liable.”
Sovereign Chambers, 30th July 2013
Source: www.sovereignchambers.co.uk
“When choosing my degree, I was young, naive and full of false expectations. Here’s what I’ve learnt.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lack of experience in dealing with people with learning disabilities means lawyers often struggle to provide this vulnerable client group with the specialist support they need, according to new research published today.”
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Legal Services Board, 29th July 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“Businesses that wish to report their involvement in cartel operations in order to benefit from the leniency of the UK’s competition regulator will not be obliged to waive their rights to legal professional privilege (LPP).”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Customers taking on the services of claims management companies (CMCs) will be better protected as tough new rules come into effect.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Declining public confidence in the professions continues to take its toll on lawyers, according to an annual survey commissioned by watchdog the Legal Services Consumer Panel.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th June 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Read a copy of the letter that the lord chief justice sent to the justice secretary warning him not to undermine judicial independence.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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