By Jemma Slingo2021-05-04T09:37:00+01:00
UK solicitors based in Paris can continue advising on English and international law in the wake of Brexit, the French authorities have confirmed.
After several months of negotiation, the National Council of French Bar Associations (Conseil National des Barreaux) and the French government have concluded that the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – ratified by members of the European Parliament last week – enables UK lawyers to register as foreign legal consultants .
Lawyers registered as foreign legal consultants in France may practise under home title and advise clients on home-country law and public international law, excluding EU law.
By Jemma Slingo2021-05-04T15:44:00+01:00
The UK should not be allowed to join the Lugano Convention, the European Commission has said, in a potentially major blow to judicial cooperation across Europe.
In a non-binding recommendation, the commission said the EU should block the accession of the UK to the 2007 Lugano Convention, an agreement setting out which country’s courts may hear cross-border disputes and which decisions can be enforced.
Losing the Lugano framework means reverting to the national laws of each individual country to decide which court has jurisdiction over a legal issue and whether a judgment will be recognised.
How will we persuade the politicians of the future to fund the justice system properly? Start teaching law to schoolchildren, new Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce tells us.
By Monidipa Fouzder2021-04-30T08:47:00+01:00
The Law Society has called for legal aid to be reintroduced for early advice in all family cases after the Domestic Abuse Bill received Royal assent yesterday.
The Domestic Abuse Act prevents an alleged perpetrator from directly cross-examining the victim in the family and civil courts and will provide better access to special measures in court to prevent intimidation.
Law Society: insufficient support for victims to pursue a legal case
Source: Michael Cross
Chancery Lane said the act is a ‘step in the right direction’ but pointed out that there is insufficient support for victims to pursue a legal case.
By John Hyde2021-04-28T06:48:00+01:00
Police have made a third arrest in connection with the death of a solicitor in Sheffield city centre.
South Yorkshire Police said yesterday they had arrested an 18-year-old man from Sheffield on suspicion of the murder of Khuram Javed, 30. He died of a gunshot wound on 10 April.
Khuram Javed
Two men, aged 21 and 23, were arrested on 12 April on suspicion of murder and have since been released under investigation.
Detective chief inspector Mick Hakin said: ‘Mr Javed’s family continue to receive support from specially trained officers as we continue our inquiries into his death.