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Do 'unaccountable and unelected' judges have too much power?

Michael Howard, the former leader of the Conservative Party, this week claimed that "more and more decisions are being made by unaccountable judges". Essentially making the 'green light' argument that judicial intereference with politicians' decisions should be limited in scope, Lord Howard said: "Judges are unaccountable and unelected and ought to be very reluctant indeed to set aside decisions of this kind". He was speaking as a group of local authorities were launching a High Court challenge against the Government's controversial decision to axe Labour's multibillion-pound Building Schools for the Future secondary school rebuilding scheme.
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Senior advisory group created for new advocacy kitemark

The UK's three largest legal regulators have set up an advisory group led by Lord Justice Thomas to support the upcoming launch of an ambitious new kitemark for advocates. The independent advisory group has been set up by the Joint Advocacy Group (JAG) - the body set up by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and ILEX Professional Standards (IPS) to implement the scheme.
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Barclays appoints new head for merged in-house litigation function

Barclays has merged its in-house litigation functions and appointed a managing director of group litigation and special investigations to lead the new group. Jonathan Peddie is taking on the newly-created role after 18 months as director of litigation and special investigations for Barclays Global Retail Banking.
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Government unveils controversial employment tribunal reforms

The Government has unveiled proposals designed to cut the number of claims being pursued through employment tribunals, it was announced today (27 January). The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced the shake-up of the tribunal system, which is billed as reducing the burden on companies of employment laws and speeding up the resolution of disputes.
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Russia and Ukraine: Courting change

A series of laws are currently being drafted in Russia with a view to establishing a set of specific courts for certain types of disputes, including financial services, intellectual property (IP) rights or tax. The creation of the IP court - which is likely to be the first one established, since the draft law has been already submitted to the Parliament by Russia's Supreme Court - caused some controversy in the country. It is also likely to have a significant impact for the international community if it goes ahead as planned, paving the way for a new finance court.
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Eversheds brings in Pinsent Masons head of fraud for Birmingham disputes practice

Eversheds has expanded its disputes team in Birmingham with the hire of Pinsent Masons' head of fraud, Mark Surguy. Surguy joined the national firm last week (10 January) as a partner in the commercial dispute resolution group from local rival Pinsents, where he was a legal director and head of the fraud group.
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Addleshaws replaces Freshfields on part of RBS-Halliwells dispute

Addleshaw Goddard has replaced Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in advising Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as it bids to retrieve capital owed to it by former partners of now-defunct firm Halliwells. Addleshaws finance litigation partner Ian Hastings is acting for RBS, which is attempting to claw back money lent to ex-Halliwells partners through professional practice loans (PPLs).
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Expansive Dewey secures seven senior lateral hires in a day

Dewey & LeBoeuf has struck an expansive note for the New Year after announcing the hire of seven high-profile lawyers from firms including Dechert, Howrey and Sullivan & Cromwell, writes the Am Law Daily. The hires include Howrey intellectual property litigation partners Henry Bunsow, Denise Mory and Brian Smith, who will join Dewey's San Francisco office, and Craig Allison, a patent litigation partner from Dechert, who will join Dewey's Silicon Valley office.
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Specialist broker raises £40m to invest in litigation cases

Calunius Capital has raised a £40m fund to invest in commercial litigation in a move that will see the specialist funding broker turn investor. The Guernsey-incorporated fund launched at the end of last year as Calunius Litigation Risk Fund and will seek to invest the money across 30 commercial litigation and arbitration cases above £3m in value.
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Travers instructed by Sir Stelios over unpaid fees lawsuit from Bird & Bird

EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has instructed Travers Smith to defend him with regards to a lawsuit brought against him by Bird & Bird for a six-digit sum of unpaid fees. The dispute between Sir Stelios and Bird & Bird arose after the law firm was instructed by easyGroup IP Licensing in 2008 to advise on Sir Stelios's brand dispute with the airline over the use of the easyJet name.
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