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Personal Injury Solicitors Call For Improved Road Safety for Cyclists

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LawFuel.com – Personal Injury Law Firm News – With data from the Department of Transport showing a slight rise in the number of cycling accidents leading to deaths, serious injuries and road traffic accident claims, with this increase coinciding with lower motor vehicle accident rates for other road users, personal injury solicitors and other organisations […]

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John Spencer appointed as member of Civil Justice Council

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John Spencer, Director of Spencers Solicitors, has been appointed as the solicitor representative member of the Civil Justice Council (CJC). His appointment will commence on 1 October 2013 and last for three years.Established in 1997 with responsibility for overseeing and co-ordinating the modernisation of the justice system, the advisory body includes members such as the

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Slaughter and May Advises Derwent London PLC on Revolving Credit Facility

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Slaughter and May advised Derwent London plc, a leading London property developer and investor, on its new £550 million, five year, unsecured revolving credit facility.The new facility is being provided by Derwent London’s principal relationship banks, HSBC, RBS, Barclays and Lloyds, with HSBC as agent. It replaces £650 million of secured bank facilities expiring between

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Disputes and Arbitration Partner Joins Gibson Dunn in London

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LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Marketing Newswire – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Penny Madden has joined the firm’s London office as a partner. Formerly a partner with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Madden will continue her international arbitration and disputes practice. [wp_ad_camp_3] “We are delighted to have someone

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The Right to Die

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The court of appeal has rejected a request by a paralysed man that doctors should be allowed to help him die. Paul Lamb, 57, from Leeds, had taken on the "right to die" case originally brought by Tony Nicklinson, a sufferer of "locked-in syndrome" who died last year, and a week after losing his high court euthanasia battle.

After the right to life, is the right to die one of our most basic rights?  Or should it be?  The English Court of Appeal have just considered the matter in the case of Leeds man Paul Lamb, 57, who sought the leave of the court to permit his doctors to let the paralysed man

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When A Judge’s Judge Retires . .

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Joshua Rozenberg is the BBC’s former legal commentator and now writes for The Guardian and other publications on legal matters.  This item on the retirement of the Lord Chief Justice of England and WalesWhen newspaper reporters retire, they are presented with dummy front pages in which their departure is the lead story. When a television

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Abolishing the Monarchy? No, Just the Endless Media Coverage

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Ian Jack writes a weekly column for the Guardian and has written widely on various matters, inckluding as a foreign correspondent.  This op-ed piece is from The Guardian. Irony is a dangerous quality: it can return to haunt you. A few weeks before Prince William married Catherine Middleton in 2011, the Guardian published an editorial praising

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