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Summing up – a precis or a chance to show flair, bias and artistic temperament?
February 18th, 2010
News that research by the Ministry of Justice has shown that juries often fail to understand the judge’s legal directions has focused attention on the purpose of the summing up in criminal trials.
Insider deal profit handed over in envelopes full of cash, court told
February 18th, 2010
A former partner at Cazenove, the Queen’s stockbroker, was given his share of the profits from an insider-dealing scam in envelopes full of cash at a racecourse, a court heard yesterday.
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Final censure for broker that failed to act after giving clients bad advice
February 18th, 2010
Wills & Co, the private client stockbroker, was censured by the City regulator yesterday for failing to improve its sales practices and compliance procedures, even after it was fined and ordered to take action three years ago.
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Lawyer of the Week: Rambert De Mello
February 18th, 2010
Rambert De Mello, a barrister at No5 Chambers, Birmingham, acted for Davender Ghai, who won the right in a landmark Court of Appeal case, to be cremated on a traditional Hindu open-air funeral pyre in Britain.
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Repealing the Human Rights Act may not be as alarming as it seems
February 18th, 2010
The Human Rights Act came into force ten years ago, in 2000, yet already all three major parties propose to amend it. The Government proposes a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, bringing together rights such as free healthcare, victims’ rights and equality, which, in Jack Straw’s words, “are scattered across the UK’s legal and political landscape”.
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Should curious jurors force a change in the Contempt of Court Act?
February 18th, 2010
Is it time to revisit the Contempt of Court Act 1981? The first research findings into how much jurors are influenced by press coverage were published this week and show that jurors resort increasingly to the internet to read about their cases.
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Drive a Toyota? Who did you call first, your solicitor or a mechanic?
February 18th, 2010
Your brakes are wonky and your accelerator is sticky — so you must be driving a Toyota. Whom do you call first — your lawyer or your garage?
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Binyam Mohamed and MI5: lawyers told how to avoid a repeat fiasco
February 18th, 2010
Last week Jonathan Evans, the Director-General of M15, emerged from behind his veil to comment on the case of Binyam Mohamed. His emergence was surprising: he denied that MI5 has been trying to cover up its activities and that the material was “not prized from us by some external process but willingly provided by us to the court in the normal way”.
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Wills & Co censured in risk case follow-up
February 17th, 2010
Wills & Co, the private client stockbroker, has been censured by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to improve its sales practices and monitor its advisers after it was fined and ordered to take remedial action three years ago.
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High-earning barrister Jeremy Rosenblatt denies wrongly claiming fees
February 17th, 2010
One of the country’s highest-paid civil barristers was accused today of trying to dramatically inflate his publicly funded legal aid fees by wrongly claiming for work.
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