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News in Brief

19 February 2009
Issue: 7357 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Profession
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Legal Services

EHRC gains UN accreditation

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is to receive United Nations (UN) accreditation as a national human rights institution. The commission can now participate fully in the human rights council of the UN and will be able to make both written and oral interventions at the human rights council. Nicola Brewer, CEO of the commission, said that the “UN accreditation is a historic step in the early life of the Commission, and reinforces our role as the leading body for the promotion of human rights in ”.

 

English common law

English common law is the most widespread legal system in the world with 30% of the world’s population living under its rule, according to new research by Professor Philip Wood, special global counsel at Allen& Overy, and  author of Maps of World Financial Law. The unique researchfocuses on the difference in fi nancial law between legal jurisdictions across the world. Some 27% of the world’s 320 legal jurisdictions use English common law, although these territories generate only 14% of global GDP.

 

Start date for LDPs

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) will, subject to Parliamentary approval, regulate Legal Disciplinary Practices (LDPs) from 31 March 2009. The SRA had originally hope to regulate LDPs from 1 March, but the Ministry of Justice has said it wants extra time to make sure the relevant provisions will work well. LDPs are a new type of solicitors’ fi rm, which can include one or more lawyers who are not solicitors and up to a quarter of non-lawyers.

Issue: 7357 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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