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The Law Society’s Gazette, 6 December 1972 The Law Society’s tie read more Obiter | Law Gazette
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The Law Society’s Gazette, January 1913 Official shorthand writers in courts of justice At the Annual General Meeting of the Society a resolution was passed referring it to the Council to consider and...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, 7 February 2008 Bar Standards Board wants to abolish ‘cab rank rule’ The Bar Standards Board this week proposed the abolition of the ‘cab rank rule’ in a consultation on...
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Employment tribunal chair Colin Goodyear welcomed prospective judges to an event in Birmingham last week held to promote the Law Society’s Solicitor Judge Division. Last year, Goodyear was widely...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, March 1913 Departmental Committee on Industrial Diseases A letter was read from the Home Office, enquiring whether the Council wished to give evidence before the Departmental...
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The Law Society has published its own consultation on the ‘potentially catastrophic’ price-competitive tendering (PCT) model in advance of the government’s paper expected later this month. The Society...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, April 1953 Legal Aid Scheme In my view it is high time that the Society pressed for the introduction of a new system of remuneration for solicitors in contentious matters....
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The Law Society’s Gazette, 28 April 1982 The international law background to the Falkland Islands dispute The most obvious current breach of international law relates to Argentina’s actions on Friday 2...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, May 1953 The blind solicitor: Some of his problems and the means whereby they may be solved, by ‘Aveugle’ It is a fact that may surprise some, though by no means all, members...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, May 1913 Minutes of the Special General Meeting held in the Society’s Hall Mr Ford asked the President whether, in view of the growth of officialdom in relation to the legal...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, 22 June 1988 Sex discrimination should not be a disciplinary offence, says YSG Recent recommendations by a special Law Society working party that discrimination against women...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, July 1963 World peace through law As this issue of the Gazette is published, the First World Conference on World Peace through the Rule of Law will have reached its...
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The Law Society’s Gazette, August 1963 Putting the Lawyers’ House in Order (by Michael Zander) Every legal system, even the English, requires reform. It is therefore a relief to come upon such a book...
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