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  • Lancashire solicitors’ staff complete charity fundraising Race For Life at Aintree Racecourse

    03/07/2008

    Staff at Mooney Everett Solicitors in Ormskirk got on their training gear for a race of their lives at the weekend. Anne Wright, Emma Preston, Susan Ward, Julia Griffiths...view full story

  • Legal eagles join Chorley law firm

    17/06/2008

    A Lancashire legal firm has appointed two new partners in its Chorley office.
    Helen Shirbon has joined Forbes Solicitors as a member of the family team and special...view full story

  • Experts say NZ jails too many people

    17/06/2008

    Two British prison experts say they are astounded at the high rate of imprisonment in New Zealand and suggest alternatives should be considered.
    Baroness Vivian St...view full story

  • New help for domestic violence victims success

    17/06/2008

    More than 50 calls have been made to a new scheme in Cambridgeshire which allows victims to bring injunctions against their abusers more quickly.
    The National Cent...view full story

  • Indian cyber crime busted

    17/06/2008

    A one-of-a-kind cyber crime has been busted in the city. Crime branch officials have recovered a database of more than 4000 credit card holders, mainly from the US, which...view full story

  • Madonna Denies Hiring Divorce Lawyer

    12/06/2008

    Pop superstar Madonna has blasted rumors she has hired a divorce lawyer to end her marriage to filmmaker Guy Ritchie.
    Media reports had suggested the singer was pr...view full story

  • Treason laws could be abolished

    12/06/2008

    The ancient laws of treason could be scrapped under plans to simplify the legal system.
    Offences relating to crimes against the Royal Family, some of which date ba...view full story

  • Time to check wills are accurate

    12/06/2008

    Thousands of wills could need updating as rising care and nursing fees force the elderly to sell their assets to pay for care, the Law Society is warning.
    It has b...view full story

  • Time to check wills are accurate

    12/06/2008

    Thousands of wills could need updating as rising care and nursing fees force the elderly to sell their assets to pay for care, the Law Society is warning.
    It has b...view full story

  • Solicitors willing to help Prospect

    11/06/2008

    Solicitors in Swindon have signed up to a scheme to raise vital cash for Wroughton's Prospect Hospice.
    For the next month Andrews Martin, on Commercial Road, is of...view full story

  • RCP: Launch of new report: 'Psychological Therapies in Psychiatry and Primary Care'

    09/06/2008

    Psychological Therapies in Psychiatry and Primary Care is the title of a new report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists in partnership with the Royal College of Gener...view full story

  • Assessing Risk: A Report on the Family Justice Council Annual Seminar

    09/06/2008

    The highly successful London Family Justice Council's Seminar was held in April where 300 delegates who work in Family Justice attended. Delegates ranged from members of ...view full story

  • Assessing Risk: A Report on the Family Justice Council Annual Seminar

    09/06/2008

    The highly successful London Family Justice Council's Seminar was held in April where 300 delegates who work in Family Justice attended. Delegates ranged from members of ...view full story

  • Pannone adds two partners

    05/06/2008

    Manchester-based law firm Pannone has appointed two new partners to its personal injury department. Kate Wild joins Pannone from Simpson Millar’s Manchester office, wher...view full story

  • Home Information Packs are adding to the housing crisis

    05/06/2008

    Home Information Packs are adding to the housing crisis by imposing extra costs on buyers, the Conservatives have warned. The dossiers, which all vendors must now compil...view full story

  • Singers Defence Hit Hard In Experts' Testimonies

    05/06/2008

    A video forensics expert has shattered US singer R. Kelly's defence in his child pornography trial after matching a mole on the singer's back to that of the man in the se...view full story

  • Pay difference' found between male and female lawyers

    29/05/2008

    Male professionals in the legal sector earn more money on average than their female colleagues, new research has revealed.
    In fact, female solicitors take home &po...view full story

  • Pay difference' found between male and female lawyers

    29/05/2008

    Male professionals in the legal sector earn more money on average than their female colleagues, new research has revealed.
    In fact, female solicitors take home &po...view full story

  • Law firm shows it's corporate confident

    29/05/2008

    Law firm Hammonds is taking on a senior lawyer in its Leeds-based corporate team just months after recruiting another high-ranking legal eagle.
    The firm said the a...view full story

  • Live Translation in deal coup

    29/05/2008

    A Yorkshire translation company has secured a deal with software giant Microsoft to deliver the world's first real-time translation service powered by professional transl...view full story

  • Lawyers join forces against breast surgeon

    21/05/2008

    Solicitors representing 30 patients claiming negligent treatment from a suspended breast surgeon are working together for quicker case handling.The solicitors from Raleys...view full story

  • Accident Injury Claim - Get The Right Solicitor To Succeed

    12/05/2008

    An accident injury can happen almost anywhere: at home, at work, on the road, shopping, during sport activities and so on. Each of these situations may bring many trouble...view full story

  • Cannabis ruling condemned by drugs experts

    09/05/2008

    Cannabis is to have its classification raised by the UK government from a class C drug -- to class B.
    It will bring with it a higher jail term of five years for u...view full story

  • New grievance policies 'should save business money'

    07/05/2008

    New guidance issued on discipline and grievances should help save businesses time and money by resolving disputes internally, according to the employment advisory service...view full story

  • New Interactive Website Launched For Expanding North Law Firm

    07/05/2008

    TLW Solicitors of North Shields launched the site to coincide with the development of a new logo and creative campaign as well as significant expansion within the company...view full story

  • Law Society urges Solicitors not to strike over Legal Aid cuts

    06/05/2008

    The Law Society of Scotland has urged solicitors not to go ahead with a strike on Tuesday over a proposed cut in legal aid funding. The Glasgow Bar Association (GBA), whi...view full story

  • Lawyers told to boycott Beijing by chief of Bar

    29/04/2008

    Britain's most senior barrister today urged UK lawyers to refuse work in China to avoid supporting human rights abuses.
    Tim Dutton QC, chairman of the Bar Council,...view full story

  • Scottish Solicitors to deliver verdict on future of profession

    29/04/2008

    AGM to debate 'Tesco law' plans
    Solicitors are being asked to carefully consider a new policy paper on the future direction of the legal profession in Scotland.view full story

  • Dundee dual degree offers a unique choice

    24/04/2008

    For most students, choosing whether to study in Scotland or England boils down to little more than personal preference. But when it comes to law, the choice of jurisdicti...view full story

  • CFAs: ‘Not designed with libel in mind’

    23/04/2008

    Conditional fee agreements (CFAs) are iniquitous, success fees extortionate – and the lawyers are coining it in. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s wha...view full story

  • Milestone for Scottish talent group

    23/04/2008

    A business group for young entrepreneurs in the Capital has celebrated its 60th anniversary.
    The Junior Chamber International (JCI) Scotland held its gala awards c...view full story

  • Marilyn's venture across the Pennines

    22/04/2008

    Yorkshire based divorce lawyer Marilyn Stowe is to launch a new practice across the Pennines.
    Since launching her practice in a converted Leeds cobbler's shop 26 y...view full story

  • Law firm warns of new sexual harassment rules

    21/04/2008

    The age old rule that the customer is always right is no longer the case, if they are found to be sexually harassing employees of supplier companies, warns an employment ...view full story

  • Frazer Coogans Solicitors advise on new Scottish licensing laws

    18/04/2008

    Ayrshire-based Frazer Coogans Solicitors offer some practical advice to owners of licensed premises and holders of off-sales licences about the important changes now unde...view full story

  • North Wales family law firms merge

    18/04/2008

    Two of North Wales’ longest-established law firms have merged.
    Cyril Jones and Co, of Wrexham and Shotton, and Stanley Williams and Co, of Wrexham, have comb...view full story

  • BT's secret Phorm trials question corporate eavesdropping

    18/04/2008

    The government has refused to investigate BT's covert wiretapping of thousands of its customers in 2006 and 2007, despite its own expert's view that without consent Phorm...view full story

  • Else Solicitors launch service for equestrian industry

    17/04/2008

    Horse riders and all involved in the equestrian industry can benefit from a new service launched by Else Solicitors which has offices in Birmingham and Burton-on-Trent.view full story

  • Expert child doctors express 'concerns'

    17/04/2008

    Delegates at an annual meeting of paediatricians have voted to express their "grave concerns" at the GMC.
    The "disproportionate" ban by the Gen...view full story

  • Discontinuance Of Claims Following Investigation - A Case Study

    17/04/2008

    Keeping adequate records and seeking disclosure at the earliest opportunity can prove vital to successfully defeating a claim. In respect of lower value fast track claims...view full story

  • Emigration and Legal Aid in UK

    16/04/2008

    Study shows that emigration in UK is higher than ever before. Also immigration is on the rise in UK. It can be derived from figures which came from different research con...view full story

  • Ryanair and EasyJet refuse to pay BAA fees

    16/04/2008

    Ryanair and EasyJet are threatening to break the law by withholding payments to BAA owner at Gatwick and Stansted airports.
    In an escalating row over landing fees...view full story

  • Univerity offers quick legal management course

    16/04/2008

    Solicitors seeking to acquire new skills to compete in the era of `Tesco law' are being offered help by Manchester Metropolitan University.
    The university is teami...view full story

  • Conference on asbestos dangers

    16/04/2008

    Hundreds of workers' representatives from across Yorkshire and Northern England will be at a Sheffield conference next week to discuss the dangers of asbestos.
    Org...view full story

  • First for Manchester legal executive

    16/04/2008

    Stuart Cartwright is one of the first legal executives in England and Wales to be trained as a defence legal executive advocate, according to the Institute of Legal Execu...view full story

  • Leeds United tribunal date set

    15/04/2008

    Promotion chasing Leeds United will begin their attempt to have a 15-point deduction overturned on Wednesday April 23rd.
    An independent tribunal will meet to decid...view full story

  • Leg break scam boyfriend jailed

    15/04/2008

    A man who broke his girlfriend’s leg as part of a £100,000 attempted personal injury scam has been jailed for 3 years.
    After watching  ‘no w...view full story

  • Australian magazine holds 'win a divorce' competition

    15/04/2008

    An Australian men's magazine has launched a competition for one of its readers to win an 'all-expenses paid' divorce. Zoo Weekly is asking for men to write in telling the...view full story

  • West Yorkshire Police Authority has appointed a new Chief Executive.

    15/04/2008

    Fraser Sampson, currently Executive Director of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority, will take over from current Chief Executive Catherine Archer who retires from the post...view full story

  • Young solicitors in running for award

    15/04/2008

    A company of solicitors jointly-run by one of the youngest partners in the UK is achieving solid success after just six months in business.
    De Marco Hunter Solicit...view full story

  • Change to Manslaughter law may affect charities

    14/04/2008

    The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 became effective on April 6th 2008 and makes convictions easier by removing the need to find an individual at fault fo...view full story

  • Driver sues TDG after his truck is blown over

    10/04/2008

    LGV driver Brian Young has instigated a personal injury claim against his employer TDG after being injured when his truck overturned in strong winds in February. Young wa...view full story

  • Solicitor General sworn in

    10/04/2008

    Jersey’s new Solicitor General pledged yesterday that the pursuit of justice would be the primary focus of his office 'at this time of pain and anxiety for many of ...view full story

  • Unauthorised Harry Potter to damage charities

    09/04/2008

    Charities that benefit from the sale of the official Harry Potter encyclopedia could be damaged by the publication of an unauthorised rival.
    Author J K Rowling wil...view full story

  • Fire brigades union (FBU) wins eight-year battle

    08/04/2008

    The fire brigades union (FBU) has won an eight-year discrimination battle to secure part-time firefighters the same benefits as full-time staff.
    The decision was f...view full story

  • Support groups join forces on solicitors' welfare

    07/04/2008

    Solicitors support organisations the Solicitors Benevolent Association (SBA), Solicitors' Assistance Scheme (SAS) and LawCare have resolved to work more closely in provid...view full story

  • Judge attacks government over family life breakdown

    07/04/2008

    A leading judge launched an attack on the Government yesterday over the breakdown of family life.
    Mr Justice Coleridge warned the fracturing of society would, with...view full story

  • Tactical win for Chancery Lane in legal aid row

    04/04/2008

    The Law Society has resolved a long-running dispute with the Legal Services Commission (LSC) over the new unified contract for legal aid after the LSC dropped a threat to...view full story

  • Personal Injury lawyers hit back at claims of rocketing costs

    02/04/2008

    The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Apil) has hit out at fresh claims of spiralling costs in the legal arena. It comes amid claims from the Association of British...view full story

  • Email back-up compliance saves solicitors time and money

    01/04/2008

    A solicitors firm has reduced its email and storage overheads and saved two days' work from the email backup, search and retrieval process using software from Waterford T...view full story

  • QC to DJ at Glastonbury Festival

    01/04/2008

    Once upon a time when a Queen's counsel heard the initials DJ, it would be a signal to swap his silk gown for a dinner jacket. Not any more.
    "I'm going to DJ ...view full story

  • Personal injury payouts higher for men

    01/04/2008

    Men receive higher average payouts than women when it comes to claims through the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB), but women make more claims.
    But this c...view full story

  • UK's Chartered Insurance Institute Joins Calls for Personal Injury Reform

    01/04/2008

    The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) added its voice to the growing calls on the UK government to follow through on its proposed reforms to the personal injury compens...view full story

  • Personal injury claims affect car insurance prices

    01/04/2008

    The spiralling legal costs from personal injury claims are having a huge impact on the cost of insurance, with 10% of every car insurance premium which is taken in by the...view full story

  • Scotland to extend time limit on personal injury claims

    01/04/2008

    Commercial law firm, DWF, is opposing proposals by the Scottish Law Commission (SLC) to extend the time limit on personal injury claims from three to five years.
    T...view full story

  • Solicitors join forces for Make a Will Week

    01/04/2008

    St Catherine's Hospice is appealing for members of the public to take part in its Make A Will Week scheme. The Scarborough solicitors have agreed to draw up a will for pe...view full story

  • Legal world dominates sports anti-doping panel

    20/03/2008

    Five QCs, two other barristers, two senior solicitors and a magistrate have been appointed to the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP) to help tackle drugs cheats in UK spor...view full story

  • Conservative Councillor guilty of vote rigging

    20/03/2008

    Slough Conservative councillor Eshaq Khan was found guilty at a special High Court election hearing in Slough council chamber of corrupt and illegal practices to secure h...view full story

  • Conman stole his own barrister’s identity

    19/03/2008

    A conman awaiting trial for swindling three women out of their savings stole his own barrister’s identity so as to trick a fourth victim, a court was told. Roy Moys...view full story

  • Survey reveals 47% of solicitors’ instructions for HIPs come directly from sellers

    19/03/2008

    Key findings of SearchFlow and Law Society survey shows solicitors are taking the initiative in HIP market. SearchFlow (www.searchfl...view full story

  • Expert rejects end of European property boom

    18/03/2008

    Last week, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) published a review of the European property market and claimed that it was unlikely that house prices would...view full story

  • Forthcoming guidelines on The Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse

    18/03/2008

    New guidelines on the Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse, published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, are to be released on 2nd April 2008. They rep...view full story

  • Personal Injury Expert Blog

    17/03/2008

    When you are involved in an accident, often the details become a little sketchy; especially when there are substantial injuries involved. An injured person who has had an...view full story

  • Barrister to prove 'Sam is Langston'

    14/03/2008

    FA Cup semi-finalist Cardiff City’s legal team have pledged to show today that Sam Hammam is heavily involved with the mysterious creditor threatening the club&rsqu...view full story

  • Berkeley James adds Goldsmith Williams tracking system

    14/03/2008

    Mortgage packager Berkeley James has signed a deal with solicitors Goldsmith Williams, and out sourced all its conveyancing work.
    Brokers with Berkeley James will ...view full story

  • Mayo Wills Week nets 25,000 Euros for local charities

    14/03/2008

    The Mayo Solicitors’ Bar Association, who organised Wills Week between February 25 and 29, have announced that over 25,000 euros was raise...view full story

  • The Case of the Harry Potter Lexicon : J.K. Rowling vs. the Cyclopians

    14/03/2008

    New York Federal District Court Judge Robert Patterson has scheduled a trial for March 24, 25 and 26 in the matter of Warner Bros. Entertainment and J.K. Rowling v. RDR B...view full story

  • Law firm Morgan Cole recruits insurance experts

    13/03/2008

    South Wales-based law firm Morgan Cole has recruited a 10-strong team of specialist lawyers.
    The team of fee-earners, headed by partner Mark Bailey and leading inj...view full story

  • Defective Soup Container Scalds Crufts 2008 Finalist

    12/03/2008

    Fentons Solicitors LLP have recently secured an admission of liability from Morrisons Supermarkets PLC after a client suffered severe scalds to her dominant hand. The cli...view full story

  • Is photo real or a fake? Digital manipulation adds to US prosecution costs and can delay trials

    10/03/2008

    Each week, about 100,000 sexually explicit digital images of children arrive at Michelle Collins' office. They are sent by police and prosecutors who hope Collins and her...view full story

  • Law Society to warn Mortgage Solicitors

    10/03/2008

    The Law Society and the National Fraud Strategic Authority (NFSA) have joined forces to protect solicitors from becoming embroiled in cases of mortgage fraud.
    The ...view full story

  • Ruthin solicitor one of just four in Wales qualified in new divorce law

    10/03/2008

    A Ruthin solicitor has become one of only four in North Wales qualified in a new form of divorce law that minimises the pain involved for couples and their families.
    view full story

  • 'Robin Hood' legal clerk gave cash to clients

    06/03/2008

    A Self-styled 'Robin Hood' solicitor's clerk who used company money to pay her clients' debts has been allowed to continue working at a Rotherham practice despite her dis...view full story

  • Irish solicitors wooing wealthy Britons on tax

    04/03/2008

    Several Irish legal firms are in talks with advisors to high-net worth individuals living in Britain about moving to Ireland.
    The move follows plans to introduce s...view full story

  • Furley Page Solicitors Gains Top Recognition in Legal Guides

    04/03/2008

    Furley Page Solicitors based in Canterbury, Whitstable and Medway is ranked as one of the best in the south by two highly regarded and independent national legal guides, ...view full story

  • Forensics experts comb former children's home

    26/02/2008

    Police in the isle of Jersey have brought in archaeologists and forensic experts to dig up the grounds of a former children's home.
    Officers looking into child abu...view full story

  • Government and medical regulators are failing to defend expert paediatricians against attacks

    18/02/2008

    Professor Terence Stephenson said child health doctors faced intimidation in the difficult field of child protection and could be put off acting as expert witnesses in co...view full story

  • MoJ and LSC to press ahead with panel for high cost cases

    08/02/2008

    The Ministry of Justice and Legal Services Commission today announced their intention to press ahead with setting up a panel of solicitors and barristers to represent def...view full story

  • Lawyers back use of intercept evidence

    08/02/2008

    Lawyers have backed prime minister Gordon Brown’s announcement that the government intends to allow intercept evidence to be allowed in criminal trials.
    The ...view full story

  • Medical Evidence and Advocacy in Child Abuse Cases (Jan 08)

    04/12/2007

    This practical skills-based conference focusing on preparation, strategy and advocacy in dealing with medical evidence in child abuse cases will be held on 29th January 2...view full story

  • Expert Witnesses rejected from giving evidence in rape trial reforms

    28/11/2007

    It will be announced today that rape trial reforms will permit experts to present evidence to juries, detailing the psychological impact of rape, in a bid to dispel myths...view full story

  • Witnesses to be questioned pre-trial to assess reliability

    27/11/2007

    Attorney General Lady Scotland is set to announce that prosecuting lawyers and barristers will be permitted to interview their witnesses before the trial begins to assess...view full story

  • Madeleine McCann: Expert evidence reviewed in Channel 4 documentary

    19/10/2007

    Last night Channel 4’s Dispatches broadcast an in-depth investigation into the evidence surrounding the McCann case, which has shroud the highest profile abduction ...view full story

  • US ‘Expert’ Witness not qualified to testify, judge rules

    19/10/2007

    US Circuit Judge, Billy Joe Landrum deemed ‘Expert’ Witness, Pete Perry, chairman of the Hinds County Republican Executive Committee, unfit to testify as an &...view full story

  • Law Commission to reform Criminal Conspiracy and Attempt

    10/10/2007

    The Law Commission today have published a consultation paper proposing to change the law governing the criminal liability of those who agree to or attempt to commit offen...view full story

  • Call for expert witnesses to give evidence in rape trials

    25/09/2007

    A report from The Office for Criminal Justice Reform published in Spring 2006 called for a change in the law so that expert witnesses could give evidence in rape trials. ...view full story

  • Indecent images and child protection: Ross Patel from Afentis Forensics examines the role of the expert witness.

    07/09/2007

    Indecent images and child protection: Ross Patel from Afentis Forensics examines the role of the expert witness.Forensic evaluations put the evidence into context and can...view full story

  • Expert not protected from self incrimination?

    15/06/2007

    The Court of Appeal has challenged the established legal principle that a person is protected from incriminating himself by forcing a computer expert to hand over potenti...view full story

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