May 2012

Content from the May 2012 issue of the CILEx Journal

 

  • CILEx seeks LSB budget curb
    CILEx seeks LSB budget curb
    The Legal Services Board should cut its budget in line with savings being achieved across government, says CILEx
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  • Peers call for more work on non-barrister judges
    Peers call for more work on non-barrister judges
    There needs to be a greater commitment on the part of the government, the judiciary and the legal professions to encourage applications for the judiciary....
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  • Chart toppers
    Chart toppers
    Full report of the great and the good who attended the reception to mark the award of the Royal Charter
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  • Enthusiasm for becoming the next CILEx judge
    Enthusiasm for becoming the next CILEx judge
    A report on a recent CILEx/JAC webinar on judicial appointment and Liverpool branch hits the big 1-0
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  • Notes from the Council table
    Notes from the Council table
    Notes from the March 2012 Council meeting ...
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  • CPD warning
    CPD warning
    IPS outlines the Disciplinary Tribunal decisions in four cases of members who failed to comply with the CPD rules
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  • Assisting the bench
    Assisting the bench
    The new president of the Association of District Judges explains why advocates should help litigants in person
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  • Restraining influence
    Restraining influence
    David Allison says the government should back the Norgrove review's opposition to a shared parenting presumption
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  • Safety in numbers
    Safety in numbers
    Ian Watson, chief executive of IPS, says calls for a single regulator of the legal profession are misguided
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  • Fit for purpose?
    Fit for purpose?
    We examine what might happen as a result of the fundamental Legal Education and Training Review
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  • Uncertain world
    Uncertain world
    In April 2012, after-the-event premiums will cease to be recoverable, making it a difficult time or insurers
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  • Refer ye not
    Refer ye not
    With the government intent on banning referral fees in personal injury work, how will the market change?
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  • Under pressure
    Under pressure
    It is a difficult time to be a charity and lawyers advising them are pleading with the government to cool reform
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  • Juries on trial
    Juries on trial
    The Student Zone looks at the role of juries and how the law around them is struggling to keep up with technology
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  • The art of persuasion
    The art of persuasion
    The career panel advises readers on presenting their CVs and dealing with notice periods and references
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  • Careless whispers
    Careless whispers
    Tracey Calvert looks at the issues CILEx members need to consider around confidentiality and disclosure
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  • Professional distance
    Professional distance
    Neil Parpworth describes how a High Court ruling on assisted suicide means that lawyers can act for clients without fear of being accused of committing a crime themselves
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  • Interesting times
    Interesting times
    Paul Wainwright considers the implications of the Court of Appeal's important recent ruling on the date from which interest on costs run
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  • Unilateral declaration
    Unilateral declaration
    Mangala Murali investigates unilateral notices, brought in to improve the protection of third-party interest in land registration, and finds they are proving problematic
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  • Case Summaries
    Case Summaries
    A digest of key recent court decisions
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