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RESOLVE, the Newsletter of the LSLA, is published 2 or 3 times a year and contains a variety of articles as well as details of current lecture programmes and other LSLA events. It is distributed free to all LSLA members.

January 2008

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President's Column - Simon Davis

LSLA response to the DCA Consultation Paper on Civil Court Fees (CP5/07)

LSLA Balloon Debate at the ABA London Conference

Lecture Series:

  • Directors' duties and derivative claims - Matthew Collings QC
  • Issues in Cross Border Insolvency - William Trower QC
  • Taking the fun out of forum shopping: Owusu v Jackson and other stories - Catherine Newman QC
  • Conflicts of Interest and the Protection of Confidential Information - Kenneth MacLean QC

Commercial Court Working Party on London Trials

October 2006

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President's Column - Simon Davis

Sir Hugh Laddie's speech at the LSLA AGM Dinner

Lecture Series:

  •     Legal Privilege after Three Rivers - Nick Stadlen QC
  •     Litigation with Depp Pocket Defendants - Laurence  

                  Rabinowitz QC

  •     Just Sue Me! - Julian Faux QC
  •     Conflicts of Interest for solicitors - Philip Bartle QC
  •     Costs - The present legal position - Jeremy        

                  Morgan QC

LSLA response to Consultation Paper: 

          Part 36 of the civil procedure rules: offers to settle and

          payments into Court

Flying the LSLA flag in New York

New Commercial Court

Managing litigation - the CJC's Costs Forum

February 2006

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President's Column - Graham Huntley

Whither Commercial Litigation - Graham Huntley

A Litigator's Guide to the Galaxy - Post Clementi - Tony Guise

LSLA Autumn 2005 Panel Discussions:

  "Likely Reform of Costs in the Multi-track and Commercial Litigation."  Panel:  Jeremy Morgan QC, Sir Henry Brooke, Prof. John Peysner (Civil Justice Council Project Leader on Costs), Tony Guise, Senior costs Judge Hurst, Michael Bacon (Professional Law Costs Consultant).

"Is there a real future for solicitors in advocacy - What is it?"

Panel:  Michael Gillman (Chairman of the Law Society Higher Rights Commitee), Sonya Leydecker (Herbert Smith), Murray Rosen QC (Herbert Smith), Geoffrey Vos QC, Mr Justice Colman.

"Whither the High Court Structure - Separate Divisions or Judicial Lists?"

Panel:  Mr Justice David Richards, Sir Anthony May, Andrew Frazer (Head of Civil Law & Justice Division HMCS), Senior Master Robert Turner.

"Litigators and the Media - The Problems"

Panel:  Neil Bennett (consultant at Maitland public relations consultancy), William Clutterbuck (consultant at Maitland public relations consultancy), David Greene (a litigation partner at Edwin Coe), Robert Herga (General Counsel for the BAA Group), Catrin Griffiths (Editor, The Lawyer).

September 2005

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President's Column - Graham Huntley

The future of QCs

Lord Justice Neuberger - Judicial Inconsistency, does it exist and does it matter?

The Bar Contract - developments

A new Commercial Court building

Unification of the Civil Courts

LSLA Spring 2005 Lecture Series

    Alexander Layton QC

    "Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction"

     David Brynmore Thomas

    "International commercial arbitration Procedural Flexibility - 

     Necessity, Virtue and Vice"

     Anthony Trace QC and Benjamin John

    "Challenging international arbitration awards"

     Murray Rosen QC

     "Anti-Suit injunctions"

     Gabriel Moss QC

    "Cross border enforcement and insolvency"

The future of Civil Litigation - Graham Huntley

February 2005

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President's Column - Graham Huntley

LSLA Annual Dinner

New website

Commercial Litigation Association (CLAN)

The Law Society Conference

LSLA Autumn 2004 Lecture Series

     Peter Caldwell and Andrew Campbell-Teich QC

    "Money Laundering for Litigators"

     Charles Hollander QC

     "Conflicts of Interest and The Law Society Rules"

     Nick Tyler

    "Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Litigation issues"

     Marie Demetriou

    "Competition litigation"

     Charles Flint QC

     "FSA Enforcement and Investigation"

IT and the Courts

ADR Seminar

Spring Lecture Series:

      Cross-border litigation and Enforcement Issues

New Guidelines on Summary Costs Rates

September 2004
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President's Column
IT and the Courts - Special Conference report
LSLA Spring Lecture Series:
  Michael Beloff QC - Judicial review - where are we now and where are we going?
Guy Newey QC - Recent developments in the law relating to breach of fiduciary duty
Laurence Rabinowitz QC - Pre-action disclosure - does the procedure provide a valuable right or a trap for the unwary?
Kirsten Houghton - Data protection basics
Jonathan Sumption QC - The art of cross-examination
"Executive summary" of response on behalf of LSLA to the Commission of the European Communities Green Paper
   

March 2004
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President's Column
A new way of appointing Judges. Notes from LSLA lecture held on 17 November 2003
Guest column: District Judge M F Trent on the Mayor's and City of London Court
Is civil justice a poor relation? Summary of the conclusions reached at the October 2003 conference, sponsored by the LSLA. Commercial Litigation Liaison Group
The Future of Queen's Counsel: LSLA's response to the Department of Constitutional Affairs consultation paper
Report of the Commercial Court Committee Working Party on ADR
LSLA Lecture Series - Spring 2004
   

August 2003
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President's Column
If Civil Justice is the poor relation how do we improve it?
Priorities for IT in the Courts
Law Society conference on 25 & 26 September 2003: commercial litigation issues
Legal Services Ombudsman - Annual Report for 2002/2003
LSLA Lecture Series - Autumn 2003
   

April 2003
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President's Column
Extract from speech by the President, Tony Guise, to the Annual Dinner of the LSLA in November 2002
Civil Court Service consultation paper on Court Fee Changes
Conflict & confidentiality - the LSLA response to the Law Society
LSLA Lecture Series - Spring 2003
   

September 2002
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LSLA Lecture Series - Autumn 2002: changes in commercial procedure
The General Pre-Action Protocol (that wasn't)!
LCD consultation paper on judicial selection procedures
Solicitors dealings with third parties and the Law Society
Periodical payments for future loss - a step nearer?
Callery v Gray - the solicitor's front-line responsibility
The Official Solicitor and Public Trustee: Edward Solomons
Legal Services Ombudsman annual report for 2001/2002

July 2002
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President's Column
Report of outgoing President - Richard Fox
Changes to search and freezing orders
Code of guidance for expert witnesses
Consultation paper on Commercial Court modernisation (January 2002)
Conflicts of interest: LSLA response to paper produced by the Law Society's Regulation Review Working Party
LSLA Spring 2002 Lecture series:
  Costs Funding: An analysis of your obligation to your client and forms of funding available: Fraser Whitehead
CFAs: where are we now and where are we going?: David Marshall
Assessments of Costs: Master O'Hare, Costs Judge
A View from the Bar: a panel of senior clerks on barristers' costs
Litigation - the insurance options: Brian Raincock, Litigation Protection Ltd
   

February 2002
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President's Column
Extracts from the President's speech at the LSLA Annual Dinner, November 2001
Lord Justice May's speech at the LSLA Annual Dinner, November 2001
The modern era of the LSLA
LSLA Autumn 2001 Lecture Series:
  Solicitor advocacy in practice: Michael Caplan, Recorder in the Crown Court and Chairman of the Solicitors' Assoc. of Higher Courts
Advocacy - guidance from the master's corridor: Robert Turner, Senior Master of the Supreme Court
Advocacy - guidance from the judiciary: Sir David Neuberger, Chancery Judge of the High Court
Resolving the problem of costs
Fourth Woolf network questionnaire: summary of LSLA response
   

October 2001
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President's Column
LSLA Summer 2001 Lecture Series
  Shareholders disputes and minority protection: Nigel Furey, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol
Recent civil litigation trends - are some basic principles changing? : Len Sealy
Damages: third party rights, exclusion clauses and misrepresentation: Professor Ewan McKendrick,
Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford and practising barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings
What can restitution do for you? : Jack Beatson QC,
Professor at the University of Cambridge and practising barrister at Essex Court Chambers
LSLA Autumn 2001 Lecture Series: Solicitor advocates - How to become one and how to be good at it
Benchmark costs
The new guideline hourly rates
Register of Supervising Solicitors for executing search orders




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