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| What
the expert witness expects of his legal team
By Emile Woolf, Senior Partner, Kingston
Smith
Having acted as an accountancy expert in a wide
range of disputes over nigh on 25 years, I recognise the critical
nature of the relationship between expert and legal team in ensuring
the smooth running of the litigation process from start to finish
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Justice Reinvestment: a new approach to imprisonment and public
safety
By Andrew Coyle,
Professor of Prison Studies, Kings College
The average
cost of keeping a person in prison for one year is around £40,000.
That means that the cost to the taxpayer of maintaining a prison
with 700 places will be around £28 million per year |
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| Why
is the reintroduction of means-testing for criminal legal aid such
a cause for concern?
By Dr Peter Kenway, Director, New Policy Institute
The first is whether this was what parliament intended.
It is clear from Hansard that parliament did not object in principle
to means testing for criminal legal aid. But there is nothing in
the debate on the primary legislation to suggest that parliament
knew that the implementation of means-testing would remove eligibility
for legal aid from so many |
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A
programme for the future success of the profession
By Geoffrey Vos QC, 2007 Chairman, Bar Council
• Negotiating a stable foundation
for publicly funded advocacy.
• Dealing with the increasing competition from HCAs in both
prosecution and defence work. • Making the Bar more accessible
to entrants from all backgrounds. • Creating a blueprint for
the regulatory environment in which barristers will practice in
the future.. |
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The
Bar Vocational Course: money well spent?
By Tom Cross, BVC Student
“I suspect that a significant
number of those who sit on pupillage interview panels would openly
state that a candidate’ s performance on the Bar Vocational
Course, or BVC, is one of the least important factors that are considered
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Meadow, the media and immunity from suit
By Mark James, barrister, 1 Temple Gardens
and Penny Harper, Director, Bond Solon.
At the end of October 2006 the
Court of Appeal allowed the GMC’s appeal against the by now
notorious decision of Collins J in GMC v Meadow, [2007] 1 All ER
1 (CA); [2006] 2 All ER 329 (Admin). The CA held that an expert
witness has no immunity from disciplinary proceedings brought by
his professional body arising out of his conduct as an expert witness.
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| Management
of compensation claims- Why a well managed compensation claim can
be part of the rehabilitation process
By Bill Braithwaite QC, Head of Exchange Chambers
In my opinion, the legal management
of a claim can and should start, subject to the family’s wishes,
whilst the patient is in hospital. That may sound controversial
(shades of ambulance chasing) but in fact it is precisely the reverset. |
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Is the Bar fit for purpose in the twenty-first century?
Barbara Hewson says the Bar must change its
working methods to survive
On 8 January 2007, the new Chairman
of the Bar told the Financial Times: “"Where we're missing
out is ordinary working-class people, from all racial and social
origins, who think the Bar is unattainable." |
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EU Intellectual Property Enforcement Directive – Devil in the Detail
By Gregory J. Urbanchuk MSc
Historically, when it came to
the enforcement of Intellectual Property (“IP”) rights in the European
Union (“EU”), local rules applied. In the context of enforcement
rules, the remedies available for infringement were quantified by
reference to the rules of the jurisdiction in question, which often
differed amongst Member States. |
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Developments in 2007 for expert witnesses in the family courts
By Penny Cooper, Associate Dean at The City Law School
“Government ministers are currently considering responses
to two public consultations which make proposals for major changes
in the family courts and in how experts are instructed. There is
the added complication that the combined effect of changes may do
nothing to reduce the shortage of medical experts in child protection
cases. ” .
Marketing
Management and Managing Marketing
By Stephen Bedford, Managing Director, Conical, fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Marketing
“This article is based on practical experience of managing
chambers marketing and information drawn from a Conical research
report into barrister marketing practices. The article should be
of use to barristers responsible for marketing and general management
of chambers as well as the clerking team.”
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