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Ninety per cent of Scottish law firms ‘plan to quit’ civil legal aid The Scotsman has reported a recently published survey by the Law Society of Scotland which indicates that nine out of ten law firms in Scotland are so disillusioned with the civil legal aid system they are preparing to withdraw from all such cases over the next four years. |
30 Sep |
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Civil law isn’t working The prospect for ordinary people seeking a just and legal resolution to a dispute is bleak indeed if solicitors responding to the Law Society of Scotland's questionnaire on civil legal aid cases is representative of the profession. It is in the nature of civil cases that they affect the most deeply-felt aspects of life. Divorce, custody of children, interdicts against the perpetrators of domestic violence and the pursuit of debts are the staple fare of civil law. For those involved, they are vital. |
30 Sep |
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Malik - law unto himself DUBBED "A Law Unto Himself", Liaqat Malik looked every inch the professional. But as our investigation reached its conclusion in 2001, the firm in which he was a senior partner was facing 50 complaints. One of those complaints was from a Pakistani man fleeing religious persecution in his homeland who paid out £5,650 for advice he should have been told he could get for free. As a result he was forced to work round the clock to pay back the money he had borrowed from his bosses. |
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29 Sep |
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LSC kickstarts new criminal defence contracts The Legal Services Commission (LSC), against its better judgement, will kickstart tendering for new six-month contracts to provide criminal defence services, blaming the Law Society for the necessity of short-term agreements. Carolyn Regan, the LSC's chief executive of the Legal Services Commission, said: "The LSC would rather not have to issue these short-term contracts, but we believe it is necessary due to the uncertainty created by the recent judgment in the Unified Contract judicial review brought by the Law Society." |
23 Sep |
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Lawyer jailed for faking email in child custody case A leading London barrister has been jailed for attempting to pervert the course of justice by elaborately faking an email in a child custody case for one of his clients. Bruce Hyman, who is also a scriptwriter and produced the radio version of Douglas Adams' cult classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was jailed for 12 months at Bristol Crown Court but will be released on parole after six months. |
20 Sep |
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Expert View: So do we want a legal system where solicitors can be bought? For sale signs will soon be hanging outside solicitors' practices. Owning a law firm can be satisfying but why would anyone want to buy one? The answer is one dimensional: to make money. |
17 Sep |
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Advance payments for sick miners AROUND 30 ex-miners in the North Nottinghamshire area have been awarded advanced payments in an 'unprecedented' move by the Law Society. The former pit workers claim they are owed money because solicitors firms deducted fees from their compensation payouts for ill health. |
17 Sep |
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New civil legal services strategy launched in Wales A new strategy for delivering civil legal aid has been launched by the Legal Services Commission (LSC) and the Welsh Assembly Government. It is intended that the service will provide advice that is more coordinated, better geared to resolve common legal problems and delivers good value for money. |
17 Sep |
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Take note, absolutely everyone This week solicitors will receive the Law Society’s Money Laundering Practice Note – its guidance to law firms on coping with the new money-laundering regulations 2007 that take effect in mid-December. |
03 Sep |
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Solicitor admits accessing child porn Solicitor Brian Rangeley has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children on his computer. The 49-year-old admitted creating the vile images over a three month period in 2002, when he appeared at Swindon Crown Court. He also accepted possessing indecent images of children during the seven years up to September last year. Rangeley, of Tydeman Street, Gorse Hill, pleaded guilty to seven counts of making indecent images of children and one of possession. |
31 Aug |
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Framed father tells of barrister fake email plot A father who was framed by a leading barrister in a child custody case has spoken for the first time about the extraordinary chain of events that led to him uncovering the deception. Bruce Hyman, a leading barrister and radio and television producer, is facing jail after admitting to perverting the course of justice earlier this month. He was representing a divorced woman fighting for custody of her four-year-old daughter in September last year when he tried to falsely incriminate the girl's father. |
31 Aug |
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Police launch inquiry into suspected mortgage fraud gangs Detectives are investigating mortgage fraud rackets after lenders alerted City of London Police to an “unusually high” number of defaults on commercial and residential property loans over the past six months. The reports have led the police to believe that criminal gangs, working with corrupt valuers and solicitors, are obtaining several mortgages at a time to build commercial property portfolios worth millions of pounds. |
30 Aug |