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FOCUS OF THE DAY: City lawyers have fired off an angry letter to the Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove, about proposals to hike court fees. In a joint letter, the City of London Law Society and Commercial Bar Association warn Gove that he risks driving high-value legal business overseas to New York or Singapore. They argue that the resulting loss in tax revenue will “dwarf” any increase in income from court fees. Full story - New Law Journal
FOCUS OF THE DAY: City lawyers have fired off an angry letter to the Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove, about proposals to hike court fees. In a joint letter, the City of London Law Society and Commercial Bar Association warn Gove that he risks driving high-value legal business overseas to New York or Singapore. They argue that the resulting loss in tax revenue will “dwarf” any increase in income from court fees. Full story - New Law Journal
- Law Society president and High Court judge keynote speakers at UK Diversity Legal Awards | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/VHlV3ax6vW
- Family practitioners urged to show greater diligence on divorce centres’ first anniversary | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/ML6zRlCLA0
- Edward Snowden: "Nosey Smurf was hacking codename" http://t.co/FxZLmp7Elo
- Oscar Pistorius must remain in jail, review board says #SOUTHAFRICA http://t.co/3lEThIadBW
- Daughter "kissed her mother goodbye" before being told she was actually still alive and hospital got the wrong body http://t.co/wF5Lb43Ki6
- Edward Snowden interview: 'Smartphones can be taken over' http://t.co/8oBJuGXp3m
- How trademarks immortalised some of the UK's biggest brands http://t.co/2p06WsMpsK
- Patrick Kane rape case: hometown residents give star 'benefit of the doubt' #US http://t.co/KWsjfo07KF
- Britain’s role in torture demands an inquiry – now http://t.co/V0Hku8tvTu
- California's right-to-work fight forces unions to prove their relevance #US http://t.co/nPmE1CmGgx
- Coroner calls for action over hotel carbon monoxide deaths http://t.co/UNTQH0iqCN
- England: Gove to oversee radical devolution of powers to prisons | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/oVAq7pftc9
- Strasbourg court begins tweeting case-law | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/YKcRSnIkub
- HRA repeal would pose constitutional conundrum says QC | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/cnf2brl2TN
- New additions to Inksters open Forfar office | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/FlAMyRJd8z
- Rising stars and stars that have risen – double celebrations at Law Society’s conference | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Su5FydP6sP
- Blog: Law Firms beware of the Information Commissioner | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Vk896UFv4f
- Lawyers pressure EU to release Euribor rate-rigging report | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/mYfvJxgFld
- Mandatory reporting call to tackle Jehovah's Witnesses child sex abuse | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/fcrTmDzFAm
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Mishcon boosts real estate group with DAC Beachcroft planning head | The Lawyer http://t.co/uNHQgyNAik
- A&O IPO surge continues as firm bags role on Equiniti listing | The Lawyer http://t.co/qc99k2VQl6
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Dentons opens in Italy with 21-lawyer team from DLA and employment boutique | The Lawyer http://t.co/kDVO1wLwSq
- LAW FIRM NEWS: RPC hires Worldpay corporate GC | The Lawyer http://t.co/x3lSQubGCo
- SRA to battle dual claims over dealings with 'Harry Potter' lawyer Blacker | The Lawyer http://t.co/wZxbbD30ze
- In-house interview: Wendy Hardaker, Government Legal Department - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/BdeHEaLO8T
- In-house interview: Nick Grant, Sainsbury's - A Profile | The Lawyer http://t.co/1Hi5LDtVUZ
- Firebrands are a law firm’s best friend | The Lawyer http://t.co/cBUQaUipbB
- Coping with redundancy: How should professional services firms handle these events | The Lawyer http://t.co/PzkX5ydmOx
- When management fails: a Scottish tale | The Lawyer http://t.co/pL7ztXMsmK
- Beware loopholes in instant dismissal and contractual T&Cs | The Lawyer http://t.co/exn7sQiBHx
- The footballer Ched Evans is to have his rape conviction reviewed by the Court of Appeal https://t.co/0kPkFWKikz
- How rugby star daughter's darkskinned doll captivated #Australia http://t.co/KlVyNpojp8
- Coventry bus crash: Death crash bus driver, 77, helping police inquires http://t.co/yd4zvh1gHe
- PC killed by stolen vehicle named as David Phillips http://t.co/kQvc1yF7hw
- Rare costs win in care case: Catrin Blake, head of Court of Protection at Butler & Co Solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/MrhFfTCwNv
- My legal life: Hugh Hitchcock, Director, DJM Solicitors - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/rPtlrLWFb7
- Interview: Paul Philip, the SRA’s chief executive - A Profile | Law Gazette http://t.co/qSUWGn6TEZ
- Statute limitations: Has a cull of senior parliamentary counsel bequeathed poorly drafted legislation? | Law Gazette http://t.co/aSyIRGa8iK
- Support us or make way: The founder of the Feminist Lawyers’ Society sets out its goals | Law Gazette http://t.co/9FBIU5XggW
- ‘Reserved powers’ model of Welsh devolution unworkable – report | Law Gazette http://t.co/y6Cdb1lmE0
- Insurer warns on phone fraud against firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/T7bNaZTZkD
- SRA in line of fire after fraud case thrown out | Law Gazette http://t.co/yUZQnRiVbV
- Top GC makes plea for gender quotas | Law Gazette http://t.co/HDTLUXUzIY
- Negligence costs cap would hurt most vulnerable, say solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/H4rMtO6GWA
- IBA conference: live blog | Law Gazette http://t.co/0iozNlK3c9
- Conservatives: Grieve warning on ‘ripping up’ Human Rights Act | Law Gazette http://t.co/UnVnb7IBbZ
- IBA 2015: migration needs international rule – EC ex-president | Law Gazette http://t.co/ZjYpoIy3GQ
- Ratings website receives £3.6m cash injection | Law Gazette http://t.co/MU2QSqRds1
- Lender panel restrictions hit smaller law firms | Law Gazette http://t.co/HXjBAHibZI
- Sports Direct site 'called ambulances dozens of times' as workers were too afraid to take sickness leave http://t.co/B9YNZnLAeC
- Merseyside policeman struck and killed by stolen vehicle http://t.co/kQvc1yF7hw
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/EpsAhTXC4i
- #CHINA biker detained after clocking 237km/h in Beijing http://t.co/dbM87id2cW
- Islamic State 'blows up Palmyra arch' #SYRIA http://t.co/HjQKtYqJJV
- Is Britain’s record on welcoming asylum seekers really so honourable? http://t.co/apkQLaCFRh
- Holocaust historians criticise #Austria’s jailing of Jewish author http://t.co/tbVecRKuGf
- Pope under pressure on LGBT rights as #Vatican summit on the family opens http://t.co/1NQgCwz1yI
- Donald Trump: mass-shooting gunmen are 'sick as hell and geniuses in a certain way' #US http://t.co/3JXOmXkNcJ
- Ripper museum founder calls Class War protesters bullies after they call off demo http://t.co/gVY34a7BAH
- Depression and self-harm soar among private school pupils, poll suggests http://t.co/LjmBlSDCq5
- America is addicted to guns – which only give an illusion of strength and security #US http://t.co/YbVfWniz18
- Where dreams come true: a fantasia on the theme of a liberal pope http://t.co/Plznv3ahp1
- This is the Tory moment. Will Cameron blow it? | Matthew d’Ancona http://t.co/zJxMZIZpw0
- You can print money, so long as it’s not for the people http://t.co/KFUHQFa86K
- Revealed: how AstraZeneca avoids paying UK corporation tax http://t.co/356puc3lDs
- Deal over junior doctors' contracts was torn up, reveals ex-health minister http://t.co/FBKeqkNAMX
- Binyamin Netanyahu vows 'harsh offensive' on Palestinian violence #ISRAEL http://t.co/9DgXUNdBJE
- #Afghan hospital bombing: MSF labels US airstrike a war crime as it withdraws staff http://t.co/YzPkbD7X6d
- Scotland legal bodies to discuss handling of MP Michelle Thomson's suspicious property deals http://t.co/llcfiUWLq3
- #Afghanistan hospital airstrike: Pentagon pledges full investigation http://t.co/VO7O1Mz2rx
- Properties selling faster on Perthshire property market, says PSPC | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/WXKttyVgrN
- Digby Brown recruit leading family lawyer | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/uGj53Nozk0
- Blog: delinquent directors face tougher sanctions | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/wL2qJVwWAt
- Highland families shoplifting to feed themselves, police say | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/kpgIoQo7Ea
- Data protection laws may apply to foreign companies rules ECJ | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/Gg4iWc2ydl
- Accountants report significant turnover growth in mid-sized law firms as outlook improves | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/sZNs5uesSR
- SCOLAG backs removal of limitation period for abuse survivors | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/zMBILhKHxa
- ReviewSolicitors recruits 300 law firms through deal with case management provider | Legal Futures http://t.co/MA5UOteT1X
- I was wrong to sell my firm to Quindell, says former legal division boss | Legal Futures http://t.co/qGTm8nmzs4
- US firm that pays London newly qualified lawyers £101k boosts trainee intake by 20% http://t.co/u0p5tBZhxO
- Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently http://t.co/NRHdu0oLzw
- Solicitor who had SIX KIDS while at Slaughter and May -- and made partner -- reveals 'best decision': to quit law http://t.co/SS0E8cwxGc
- Daily Express forced to make huge correction to 'people who benefit from human rights' story http://t.co/TySQuewYla
- Inner Temple awards top scholarship to bencher's daughter http://t.co/nBdXpvNUwJ
- Lawyers' ethics: who would you save first in a fire -- your mum or girlfriend? http://t.co/iVDQOB0T1U
- Lawyers back magistrate suspended for paying asylum seeker's court charge http://t.co/NyZt02uvD0
- Lawyer falls for latest Facebook ‘legal contract’ privacy hoax http://t.co/eHzTcAeW1y
- 'Cambridge-educated Weil Gotshal trainee' flogs training contract advice for £45 an hour http://t.co/RPvlLA03fH
- Top QC who didn't pay tax for 12 years is struck off http://t.co/NGj54ZAOz6
- How to survive the pupillage Hunger Games http://t.co/RvedIafnh5
- Friends of Freshfields lawyer shot dead in Berlin are crowdfunding to help his family http://t.co/Jl0VTAvemu
- Why 'following your passion' isn’t always the best advice: is a career in corporate law still a wise choice to make? http://t.co/RPI6jMlQbk
- City firm offers virtual ‘helicopter trips’ and ‘Ferrari racing’ in bid to make commercial awareness interesting http://t.co/l9UE7InYGB
- 'Are you sure I don't look silly?' Attorney General's Twitter jitters over full-bottomed wig pic http://t.co/EZVRJeQY5T
- Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper are better than the magic circle, claim brand gurus http://t.co/zXTOZ2Miuu
- The law firm's 466% turnover increase, the ex-senior partner’s fraud and the ambiguously worded press release http://t.co/TBg7kcGSxh
- How wannabe lawyers can become employable http://t.co/8QBG22MHsZ
- Pupil barrister spotted sweeping chambers' front step with dustpan and brush http://t.co/MV8jM3YDxH
Delighted to be interviewed by @TheLawMap & very pleased by their choice of interview title quoting Robbie Burns https://t.co/nnK6weZBod
— Joanna Cherry QC MP (@joannaccherry) October 3, 2015
