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02 Jan 2009 Important changes for Probate practitioners with effect from 1 January 2009 ...read more |
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23 Dec 2008 Forthcoming competitions - expected to launch January 2009 - for Recorders (South East Circuit) and Chamber Presidents of the First-tier Tribunal ...read more |
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22 Dec 2008 The Bar Council and Legal Services Commission issue guidance on review of payments on account in publicly funded cases ...read more |
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15 Dec 2008 Judicial Appointments Commission seeks to appoint Chairmen of Employment Tribunals ...read more |
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09 Dec 2008 Second BSB Consultation on the Legal Services Act - ChBA members are asked to let the Bar Council working party have their comments ...read more |
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12 Nov 2008 ChBA member James Clifford wins Special Mention in the 2008 Pro Bono Awards ...read more |
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25 Oct 2008 Public Guardian begins review of the impact of the Mental Capacity Act. Plans to reduce the fees and simplify the forms for people making Lasting Powers of Attorney were part of proposals announced in a public consultation by Public Guardian Martin John. ...read more |
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25 Oct 2008 Budding lawyers seeking advice and support in their efforts to join the legal profession will be helped by a new government initiative. The project, 'Barriers Leading into Law', will look into obstacles facing students trying to pursue a career in law. ...read more |
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25 Oct 2008 The Judicial Work Shadowing Scheme (JWSS) gives eligible legal practitioners considering a judicial career, either now or in the future, an insight into the working life of a judge ...read more |
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07 Oct 2008 Bar Conference - 1 November 2008. This year's conference is to be chaired by Michael Todd QC, chairman of the ChBA, and there is to be a ChBA workshop chaired by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury ...read more |
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06 Oct 2008 Applications invited for posts of First Treasury Counsel, Panel Counsel on the A, B and C Panels and Standing Counsel to the Charity Commission ...read more |
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26 Sep 2008 The swearing-in ceremony for Lord Justice Etherton will take place on Monday, 29 September at 09.30 in Court 4. ...read more |
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17 Sep 2008 Attorney General's Panel of Counsel - Event 30 September - "Widening the Pool" ...read more |
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11 Sep 2008 Ministry of Justice announces new appointments to the Chancery and Queen's Bench Divisions ...read more |
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29 Aug 2008 Better regulation of the private rented sector. Law Commission report makes recommendations for a programme of staged reforms ...read more |
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28 Aug 2008 Ministry of Justice announces increase in statutory legacy on intestacy from 1 February 2009. ...read more |
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28 Aug 2008 The final programme for the Young Bar Conference, taking place in London on 4 October, has been announced. ...read more |
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27 Aug 2008 The Bar Council has announced that the introduction of the New Contractual Terms of Work, as the standard basis on which Counsel will accept instructions from solicitors, has been delayed until Autumn 2009. ...read more |
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27 Aug 2008 Eligibility for judicial appointments. Ministry of Justice Report published. ...read more |
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25 Aug 2008 New Senior Judicial Appointments: Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster (effective 1 October 2008) and President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (effective 1 January 2009). ...read more |
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23 Aug 2008 The Judicial Appointments Commission expects to begin several selection exercises in the coming weeks. ...read more |
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17 Aug 2008 Update on the Charities Act 2006 - provisions which have come into force since November 2007 ...read more |
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15 Aug 2008 Appeals to HM Land Registry - two Statutory Instruments came into force on 25 July. ...read more |
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08 Aug 2008 Chancery Mediation: life and reconciliation after death. Many Chancery disputes involve a fight between the current partner of the deceased at the time of his or her death and the children of a former relationship. ...read more |
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07 Aug 2008 Central Authority Under The Hague Convention On The Service Abroad Of Judicial And Extrajudicial Documents In Civil Or Commercial Matters (1965) and The Hague Convention On The Taking Of Evidence Abroad In Civil Or Commercial Matters (1970). ...read more |
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04 Aug 2008 Read the Chancery Bar Association response to the Law Commission consultation on Easements, Covenants and Profits a Prendre ...read more |
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31 Jul 2008 Court Dress. Guidance from the Chairman of the Bar. The Guidance is intended to reflect present practice in civil cases though certain changes have been made in respect of the Chancery Division to remove the distinction between different types of appeal ...read more |
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25 Jul 2008 Urgent Applications in the Companies and Bankruptcy Courts, RCJ. Recent guidance issued by the Chief Registrar ...read more |
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22 Jul 2008 New Chair appointed for the Legal Services Commission, the body responsible for legal aid in England and Wales. ...read more |
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17 Jul 2008 Legal Services Board. The first nine members of the Legal Services Board have been appointed. The Board was set up by the Legal Services Act 2007 to be a single independent oversight regulator of legal services to replace the current oversight regulators. ...read more |
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07 Jul 2008 Judicial appointments announced. Sir Igor Judge has been appointed the Lord Chief Justice, with effect from 1 October 2008. For other recent appointments ... ...read more |
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