Extradition proof that foreign offence is not time-barred R v Bow Street Magistrates Court, ex parte Paloka: sub nom re Paloka (1995). DC (Simon Brown LJ and Scott Baker J) 6/11/9Summary: In extradition proceedings the onus was on the detainee to show the proceedings were out of time not the other way around. Application by […]
John Malpas reports CHAMBERS are being warned to ignore approaches by financial advisers in search of joint ventures which would break professional rules. The warning appears in December’s issue of Bar News, the Bar Council’s newssheet. It says a number of chambers have been approached by advisers suggesting they can team up to arrange structured […]
Helen Sage reports An on-line court listings service first launched in the Crown Courts in October will soon be available for the Daily Cause List. The service, provided by Legal Information eXchange, was installed in the Western Circuit on 4 December, completing the nationwide service. The listings, which have been part of a two-year pilot […]
BEFORE moving to Holborn Chambers a year ago, 3 Kings Bench Walk was experiencing the normal remuneration and payment delays expected in a criminal/common law set predominantly reliant on legally aided work. In addition, the Inn’s rents were being raised to market levels, and remained there while market levels dropped. Increasing uncertainties at the Bar […]
It has recently come to my notice that you reported that “Eversheds has become the first major law firm to gain a “Copyright Licensing Agency licence” . I would like to point out that this firm took out a business licence with CLA effective from 1st March 1995. Whether that makes us the “first major […]
William Cock trained as a lawyer at Richards Butler before moving to work as a recruitment consultant at Quarry Dougall. Born in Liverpool in 1966, he now lives in London. What was your first job? Theatre porter at the Royal Marsden Hospital. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? £11,000. What would you […]
Quality accreditation generates a mixed response from the profession. Some lawyers are extremely enthusiastic about the concept, citing their latest system for quality. Others yawn, regarding it as a money-spinner for the consultants. However, as the Legal Aid Practitioners Group has rightly pointed out, a quality agenda has developed. It says the profession was “too […]
It is good to see that the Judicial Studies Board is planning improvements to judicial training following Lord Woolf’s proposals for judicial case management. With judges taking a centre stage role in these proposals, it is essential that they are up to the task in hand. With little training currently available, this area needs to […]
The Lord Chancellor has announced the introduction of new procedures to deal with the appointment of assistant recorders. Assistant recordership is one of the principal points of entry to the judiciary and is a testing ground for those who wish to progress to the Circuit Bench. The extension of the new procedures to this level […]
Henry Aitchison, 48, admitted 1971, and Tracy Margaret Hall, 37, admitted 1982, husband and wife practised in partnership as Aitchisons, Newcastle, struck off and reprimanded respectively. Allegations substantiated against both that they drew money from client account in breach of accountancy rules. Allegations substantiated against Aitchison alone that he used client money for his own […]
A widow whose husband died in a building site accident is suing Axa Insurance Co, of Cardiff. Rose Smith, of Blackheath, London, is seeking damages in respect of the death of her husband Charles Smith who died on 31 January 1989 after falling 15 feet from scaffolding on 18 January. The accident happened while he […]
The growing number of childless couples entering into surrogacy arrangements has added a new dimension to family law litigation. This area of family law was the focus of a recent judgment given in chambers in the High Court’s Family Division by Mr Justice Johnson. The decision was made public because of the nature of the […]