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Led Zeppelin’s lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page must face a US jury trial over whether they stole opening chords for their song Stairway to Heaven. ... read more
April 12th, 2016
A number of scientists are collaborating to help teach senior judges about dealing with scientific evidence in court. The training is part of a scheme announced by the Royal Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh. ... read more
April 12th, 2016
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the application by the Bar Standards Board, the Bar Council’s regulatory authority, to become a licensing authority for alternative business structures (ABSs).
This means the LSB will recommend that the Lord Chancellor makes an order designating the Bar... ... read more
April 7th, 2016
The Seminar on Internet Marketing for Direct Access Barristers organized by myBarrister was held on the 9th March, at 6.00 pm at the Old Court Room, Lincoln’s Inn.
The main speaker was Humphrey Keenlyside, Director of Communications, myBarrister.
There was also a panel of four other contributors... ... read more
March 31st, 2016
The legal sector contributed more than £25bn to the UK economy last year, and every 1 per cent of growth in the legal services market creates 8,000 jobs. That is according to a new report by The Law Society, Economic Value of the Legal Services Sector. ... read more
March 28th, 2016
Direct access is taking up an increasing proportion of instructions for the Civil, Family and Crime Chambers, 5 Pump Court. Receipts for direct access work increased by 300 per cent in 2015 compared to 2014, as the Chambers’ senior clerk, Tim Markham, writes in an article for the Solicitors Journal. ... read more
March 8th, 2016
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, the new chair of the Bar Council, has said that students thinking of qualifying as a barrister will have to spend up to £127,000. ... read more
February 24th, 2016
The opportunity to buy cheap designer furniture will end this year following an EU shake-up of replica laws which makes it a criminal offence. ... read more
February 16th, 2016
Barbara Rich, a barrister who is a member of 5 Stone Buildings, has criticised “mainstream media” for its incompetence in reporting of Court of Protection (CoP) cases. ... read more
February 5th, 2016
From today, landlords who let property in England will have to carry out checks to make sure potential tenants have the right to rent property in the UK. ... read more
February 4th, 2016
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