SRA Update: Courts confirm dishonesty leads to striking off

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Jeremy Barnett

Two recent separate judgements in the Court of Appeal and the High Court relating to Anthony Dennison and Motihur Rahman respectively show that dishonesty by a solicitor almost invariably leads to striking off.

See SRA Update Issue 24 – May 2012√جª¬ø

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SRA continue with ARP actions

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Jeremy Barnett

THe SRA have reported on their website a number of recent hearings before the SDT concerning disciplinary allegations in respect of failure to pay Assigned Risk Pool premiums following entry into the ARP pool.

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New Energy Bill to avoid ‘Energy Crunch’

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Jeremy Barnett

On Tuesday May 22nd 2012, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change announced in a written ministerial statement, the publication of a draft Energy Bill. The Energy and Climate Change Select Committe have announced an inquiry to scrutinse it and has issued a call for written evidence.

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Governement allows Tax Increment Funding for Infrastructure Projects

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Jeremy Barnett

On 20th September 2010, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg announced that the Coalition would allow local authorities to use Tax Increment Financing [TIF] in order to finance infrastruture projects. This would be implemented by the Local Government Finance Bill 2010 Р12 which is currently awaiting report stage in the House of Commons

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Green Leeds Powers ahead

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Jeremy Barnett

The Linkedin Group #GreenLeeds that was set up by Jeremy Barnett to support the bid for the Green Investment Bank by the Leeds City Region has now partnered with Eco Connect to set up the EcoConnectForum.

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Green Leeds News

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Jeremy Barnett

 √جª¬øGreen Port Hull overcomes Planning Hurdle.

 CO2 Capture Project releases report.

Better Place launch EV car purchase with Battery Lease option.

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