| Summer Quiz: our entertaining test of memory 1. Judges have sometimes begun judgments with notable phrases. Which of these are genuine opening words? feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
New CERT early 2010: McClelland THE new national Computer Emergency Response Team will be operational early next year, federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland said. australianit.news.com.au |
Fixed penalties are efficient and cost-effective. But is it justice? Nearly half of all crimes — or 700,000 a year — are handled outside the courts, including shoplifting, burglary and assault. Under a drive in the past decade towards swift, summary justice, police have been given wide powers to impose cautions and fines (fixed penalty notices), and prosecutors can impose conditional cautions. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Lawyer of the Week: Richard Hitchcock Richard Hitchcock, a barrister at Outer Temple Chambers, acted for the members/employees in the case involving the IMG pension plan. The High Court ruled that the conversion of valuable defined benefits to less valuable defined contribution benefits was invalid. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |
Cozen O’Connor adds Baker Hostetler lawyers Law firm Cozen O’Connor hired three attorneys from Baker & Hostetler LLP to expand its antitrust and trade regulation practices. bizjournals.com |