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• 'Cautiously optimistic' ombudsman plans to halve waiting times

  29-03-2023 18:42 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Services continue to be turned around - but a big budget increase is needed once again.
  
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• Simple rules of engagement for barristers | Letter

  29-03-2023 18:30
  
  Retired circuit judge Alasdair Darroch on observing the ‘cab rank’ ruleYou suggest that barristers refusing to prosecute climate protesters may be in breach of the “cab rank” rule (Top lawyers defy bar to declare they will not prosecute peaceful climate protesters, 24 March). Observance of this rule has always been optional. All a barrister need say to evade it is that they are too busy. In fact, it is a myth peddled by the bar to suggest that they have higher standards t
  
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• Council allowed to defend £6m claim despite 'inexcusable' delay

  29-03-2023 16:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Mesothelioma claim must proceed to trial as defence is so strong, judge concludes.
  
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• Switzerland and France accused of lack of climate action in ECHR hearing

  29-03-2023 16:41
  
  Group of Swiss women and French ex-mayor suing their governments in first such cases heard by rights courtThe governments of Switzerland and France have been accused of breaching the human rights of their citizens by not acting decisively enough on climate change, at a landmark legal hearing in Strasbourg.A panel of judges at the European court of human rights heard petitions from a group of Swiss women and a French former mayor seeking to bolster climate action in their countries. Although clim
  
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• Europe’s human rights watchdog warns UK over illegal migration bill

  29-03-2023 14:52
  
  Council of Europe’s experts say bill is ‘step backwards’ in fight against modern slaveryEurope’s human rights watchdog has warned the UK government that its plans to curb the rights of trafficking victims in its illegal migration bill is a “significant step backwards” in the fight against human trafficking and modern slavery and demonstrates a lack of compliance with international law.In a highly unusual move, the Council of Europe’s group of experts on
  
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• Regional litigation funder lifts £1m cap on new investments

  29-03-2023 13:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  New entrant expanding with backing from US private equity house.
  
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• Adidas U-turns on attempt to block Black Lives Matter using three stripes

  29-03-2023 12:57
  
  Source close to firm says it was concerned people could view trademark objection as criticism of BLM missionAdidas has reversed course 48 hours after asking the US trademark office to reject a Black Lives Matter application for a trademark featuring three parallel stripes.“Adidas will withdraw its opposition to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation’s trademark application as soon as possible,” the company said in a statement. Continue reading...
  
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• Family lawyers welcome 'revolutionary' surrogacy recommendations

  29-03-2023 12:42 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Commission proposes regime that allows intended parents to become legal parents at birth.
  
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• 'Impact investors' needed to build justicetech ecosystem

  29-03-2023 12:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Report by government-backed initiative notes 'tension' between access to justice and viable business propositions.
  
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• 'National Legal Service' plan puts City levy back on the agenda

  29-03-2023 10:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Proposed vision for legal aid would see highest earners and wealthy litigants pay extra to help fund new-look legal aid scheme.
  
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• Bhatia tells SDT he was 'fairy godmother' to pregnant employee

  29-03-2023 10:17 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Leading criminal solicitor and former local law society president denies discrimination and failure to report to SRA.
  
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• Bhatia tells SDT he was 'fairy godmother' to employee

  29-03-2023 10:17 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Leading criminal solicitor and former local law society president denies discrimination and failure to report to SRA.
  
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• Billionaire chic: the meaning of Gwyneth Paltrow’s court wardrobe

  29-03-2023 09:45
  
  The actor’s outfits have gone viral over the last week. Free from garish logos and colours, they are a careful display of stealth wealth and soft powerOn Tuesday, Gwyneth Paltrow, the Oscar-winning actor turned wellness advocate, appeared in a Utah court over a collision at a ski resort in 2016. Photographs of Paltrow sitting next to her defence lawyers, wearing a simple cream knitted jumper, her honey-coloured hair loose, makeup pared back, quickly went viral.Paltrow’s high-necked j
  
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• I've seen abusers use family courts to control and torment victims – but change is coming | Charlotte Proudman

  29-03-2023 09:00
  
  A pilot scheme is inviting journalists into England and Wales’s most private courtrooms. This can expose those who use litigation as a weapon
  Charlotte Proudman is a barrister specialising in violence against women and girlsWhat happens in the family courts stays in the family courts. That has been my experience over more than 10 years as a barrister specialising in family law. Every single day, family judges hear cases of domestic abuse that are damaging the lives of women and children. Y
  
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• Intended parents should get legal status from birth, says British surrogacy review

  29-03-2023 07:00
  
  Law commissions for England, Wales and Scotland recommend update to 40-year-old surrogacy lawThe intended parents of a child born to a surrogate mother should be able to get legal parenthood from the point of its birth, a government-commissioned review of the existing laws in Britain has concluded.The couple who will raise the child must currently wait at least six weeks to become the legal parents, but in practice they often wait for up to a year to go through the courts. In a joint report, pub
  
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• Adidas asks US to bar Black Lives Matter from using three stripes in trademark

  29-03-2023 01:52
  
  The sportswear company claims the BLM Global Network Foundation’s yellow-stripe design would be confused with its three-stripe logoSneaker giant Adidas AG has asked the US trademark office to reject an application for a Black Lives Matter trademark featuring three parallel stripes, arguing it could mislead the public.Adidas told the office in a Monday filing that Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc’s yellow-stripe design would create confusion with its own famous three-s
  
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