Lawyers hopeful government will be forced to change proposals after consultation
Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage
Ghai v Newcastle City Council (Ramgharia Gurdwara, Hitchin and another intervening) [2009] EWHC 978 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 68 (May)
Port of London Authority v Ashmore [2009] EWHC 954 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 74 (May), Chancery Division
Access to justice and fairness core to ambitious review of civil litigation costs
Profession
Are Northern Rock shares not worth a truffle? ask Paul Dacam & Harriet Dedman
Peter Crampin QC & Simon Williams discuss the outcome & effect of Ofulue v Bossert
Helen Wolstenholme reports on genuine accidents & deliberate contempt
Peter Vaines reports on life, tax & quantitative pleasing
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group
From mowing lawns to life at the Bar: Stephen Ward reflects on an unconventional career
Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore
Commercial property partner joins Clarke Willmott in Southampton
Ellisons—Robert Tiffen
Robert Tiffen joins Ellisons as Partner in growing Norwich office
Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.
