Solicitors in Sevenoaks

Taint of torture remains despite overlay of legal process

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Sat, 19 May 2012 10:15:37 +0000

Let me begin with an outrageous position for any lawyer – let alone one who once specialised in criminal defence. I believe that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) is guilty of conspiracy to murder 2,977 people in, and over, the US on 11 September 2001. What is much more outrageous is that the US, by its treatment of him, has foresworn any chance of legitimacy for the process of his prosecution and punishment.

Opinion | Law Gazette

Pro bono no substitute for legal aid – Wotton

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:55 +0000

Lawyers need to do more to bridge the gaps in access to justice caused by legal aid reforms, the Law Society president told an international conference in Russia. However he stressed that pro bono work is no substitute for a properly funded legal aid system.

John Wotton, speaking at a forum attended by the justice secretary Kenneth Clarke, said the legal aid cuts in England & Wales, made in the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, pose challenges in ensuring that the most vulnerable can obtain legal advice.

News | Law Gazette

China’s competing interests

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:17:18 +0000

China’s competition authorities are enforcing the law seriouly, and are even targeting SOEs
The Lawyer – Opinion

EU plans patently absurd

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:16:07 +0000

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A report into the proposed Unified Patent Court highlights some serious issues The Lawyer – Opinion

Is economics useless?

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:15:58 +0000

Is economics any use? That sounds like the start of a rant/ a joke/ or a quip in an after-dinner speech (all the easier to make as many economies, presumably advised by fine economic minds, struggle to recover and grow).

So let me be more specific. Can a law firm’s principle, or even a practice manager, use economics to make a decent business plan? After all, the economy is water we all swim in – its tide and temperature should matter.

In Business | Law Gazette

Time to tackle UK Bribery Act

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:16:44 +0000

Businesses can no longer afford to close their eyes to the full implications of the UK Bribery Act
The Lawyer – Opinion

Members of the legal profession should support Occupy

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:15:32 +0000

by Melanie Strickland, a solicitor and Occupy Law UK

We are all aware that our economic system brings misery, exploitation and death to a large number of people and other living beings.

Opinion | Law Gazette

Fees on way back down to earth

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:16:12 +0000

Speaking at the Association of Costs Lawyers’ annual conference last week, the master of the rolls Lord Neuberger expressed great confidence that a combination of the Jackson reforms, alternative business structures and client demand for fixed fees will mean that lawyer’s fees are almost certain to come down.

Blogs | Law Gazette

Friendly fire

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:16:14 +0000

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Translating Slaughter and May’s European best friends approach to Asia-Pacific faces major challenges The Lawyer – Focus

It will soon matter (even) more how much loot resides in the ‘bank of mum and dad’

solicitorsinsevenoaks.org.uk — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:16:11 +0000

There are few things as dispiriting in modern public life as the sight of the great and good pulling up the drawbridge of opportunity. David Willetts, ‘the thinking person’s Tory MP’, has written a provocative book about the phenomenon: the unambiguously titled The Pinch: How the baby-boomers stole their children’s future. A pithy shorthand describes the trend as ‘inter-generational theft’.

Opinion | Law Gazette