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Corporate Counsel

Novel Approach

Allstates WorldCargo GC celebrates his success as a published author.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Silent Counsel

An excerpt from Allstates WorldCargo GC Ken Isaacson's debut novel, "Silent Counsel."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Poaching for Profit

Noncompetes, trade-secrets litigation land more employers in court.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Southeast Asia Report

Not far from the borders of China, the nations of a rapidly emerging region are vying for the title "next economic superpower"--or at least for a big piece of the global economic pie.
97 minute read

International Edition

Northwest chambers signs up 25-strong group

St Johns Buildings is set to take 25 members of rival set Peel Court Chambers - including Leader of the Northern Circuit Richard Marks QC, following Peel Court's dissolution earlier this month. The 25 members, which includes Marks and four other QCs, are due to join Manchester-based St Johns on 1 December, increasing the chambers' number of criminal practitioners to 74.St Johns, which operates in Manchester, Chester and Preston, and was established in 2002 following the merger of three Manchester sets, has grown to become one of the largest chambers in the UK.
2 minute read

International Edition

Govt ups high-cost case rates after crisis talks

The Government has increased rates for advocates on very high-cost criminal cases (VHCC) following crisis talks after a majority of barristers boycotted the panel over poor fee arrangements. As a result of talks between the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the Bar Council, the Law Society and the Legal Services Commission (LSC), hourly rates for a QC or senior solicitor have increased from £145 to £152.50, while a QCs rate of £476 for each day spent in court has risen to £500.The shortage of barristers - only 110 advocates out of the 2,300 offered contracts signed up by April because of the reduced fees - had left a number of major criminal trials at risk of disruption and delay.
3 minute read

International Edition

Top chambers move to benefit from LSA revolution

Top chambers including Matrix and Outer Temple are looking at opportunities available through alternative business structures (ABS) as the Legal Services Act (LSA) gains momentum at the Bar. A number of sets are considering how they can benefit from the new structures, which would allow for outside investment into chambers as well as partnerships with non-barristers. Matrix is among those actively looking at its options. The chambers, which set up a working group more than a year ago to look at ABS, is considering a number of possibilities, including bringing in solicitors, paralegals and administrators for civil legal aid work.
3 minute read

International Edition

Fraud trial plea-bargaining on hold as Govt report is delayed

A report setting out proposals for the introduction of plea-bargaining in UK fraud trials has been delayed until at least the end of the year.The Attorney General report was due to be published earlier in October but has now been pushed back by several months.The Attorney General's office said the delay - which could extend until early next year - would allow the report to take account of a separate Government consultation currently underway looking at extending the powers of the Crown Court to prevent fraud and compensate victims.
2 minute read

International Edition

Kaplan voices interest in BVC replacement

The number of law schools offering the new Bar entrance course, the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) looks set to increase, with Kaplan Law School - a joint venture operating with Nottingham Law School - considering whether to enter the market. The London college is to decide in the coming weeks whether or not to offer the Bar training course, after the Bar Standards Board (BSB) gave potential new providers until the end of the month to express their interest in offering the course.
2 minute read

International Edition

BCCI working group set for trial reform summit

A top-level summit is set to take place in the New Year to gather feedback on the post-BCCI reforms from the Aikens working party - more than two years after the first symposium on the subject. The group is set to meet on 26 January to discuss working party reforms, including ways of reducing the length and cost of trials, which have been road-tested during a trial due to finish at the end of November.
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