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BSB rejects call-deferral for pupil barristers

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) today (8 June) rejected controversial proposals by the Bar Council to defer calling junior barristers to the Bar until completion of their formal 12-month training. The BSB rejected the plans after a 12-month consultation amid concerns that allowing individuals to refer to themselves as barristers immediately after completing the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) could be misleading for the general public.
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International Edition

Government rejects legal services call despite City giants' campaign

The Government is set to reject key amendments to the Legal Services Bill in a move that looks certain to stoke mounting unrest in the legal profession. The amendments, which were put forward by the House of Lords and backed by all corners of the legal profession, will be discussed in the Commons this month, but ministers have said the Government will reject attempts to limit its powers to make appointments to the new Legal Services Board.
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International Edition

Stewarts celebrates victory in record PI case

London firm Stewarts has won a major victory in a ground-breaking personal injury case after a court awarded £9.5m to a paralysed client - the highest-ever PI pay-out in the UK. The case, which was heard by Mr Justice Lloyd Jones in the High Court last month (25 May), also saw the inclusion of periodical payments - the first time this has been awarded in loss-of-earning circumstances.
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International Edition

One Crown Office Row launches legal websites

One Crown Office Row, the chambers of Philip Havers QC, has launched two new websites providing an extensive range of free legal information. The chambers site, and its additional human rights site were unveiled at the end of last month (22 May) and include a search engine which accesses all legal resources such as articles, cases and seminar material.
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International Edition

The Bar: BSB criticises Neuberger's Bar entry reform agenda

The Bar Standards Board issues a controversial response to Neuberger's Bar access working party, offshore jurisdictions continue to attract senior barristers and No5 Chambers expands once again. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest events at the Bar
7 minute read

International Edition

Legal Developments: Slowing down the carousel

If there is a real risk that the Revenue will refuse to repay the UK broker's input tax, the carousel stops because the UK broker cannot afford to carry the loss. The fraudsters' response to refusals was to create a system in which the UK broker does not have to reclaim input tax - hence 'contra-trading'. Instead of exporting the goods and then seeking repayment, the UK broker enters into a fresh (and apparently unconnected) transaction in relation to different goods which are purchased from another member state, VAT-free. The goods are then sold on to UK trader two (the 'contra-trader') who exports them back to a taxable person in the other member state.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lousy Service

Client service should be second nature to lawyers. But some seem woefully out of touch with their clients' needs and concerns.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Companies Can Fire Employees They Deem Too Risky

When Green Bay, Wis.-based trucking company Schneider National inducted Jerome Hoefner into the company's Million Mile Club in 2002, an award given to those who have driven 1 million miles without an accident, it seemed as though Hoefner's employment with Schneider was secure.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Credit Chaos

Plaintiffs' bar attacks merchants for violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ban on Hiring Ex-Convicts Raises Title VII Concerns

Douglas El was only 15 when a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in 1960.
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