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Top 10 Tips for Health and Well-being at Work

Top 10 Tips for Health and Well-being at Work   1.            Are you sitting comfortably? – correct posture at work is vital. Sitting incorrectly can cause neck and back injuries and can cause headaches. Your monitor should be directly in front of you and your keyboard should be within easy reach. You should be sitting

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Defence Statements Protocol

Please see the documents below for a full update from the Court: Defence Statement Protocol Amended 5 April 2011 Robing Room Protocols List 2011

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Manchester Legal Awards – The Winners

Legal Executive of the Year – Stuart Cartwright, JMW LLP Trainee of the Year – Gemma Harris, Pannone LLP Associate of the Year – David McGuirk, Eversheds  LLP Pro Bono/Community Initiative – Marcus Jamieson-Pond, Addleshaw Goddard Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year – Ben Taylor, Glaisyers LLP In House Lawyer of the Year – David

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Allocation of Cases to Levels of Judiciary (Amended)

ALLOCATION OF CASES TO LEVELS OF JUDICIARY     Under paragraph 14.1 of Practice Direction 2B, the following arrangements have been made by me in Manchester in relation to case management and interim applications.   Upon allocation to track, claims in the categories of case set out below will be assigned to one of the

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Protocol on Defence Statements & Plea & Case Management Hearings

PROTOCOL ON DEFENCE STATEMENTS AND PLEA AND CASE MANAGEMENT HEARINGS   As Resident Judges of the three Crown Courts in Greater Manchester we are anxious to do what we can to improve case management so that , if trials are to take place, they are conducted fairly and efficiently. We also wish to reduce the

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Law Society North West Regional Review January 2011

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TV Star asks NW Law Firms to give a helping hand

Businessman and TV personality Theo Paphitis is asking North West law firms to get behind the Many Hands Campaign and help to make a difference to the lives of thousands of children at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.   The man who revived the fortunes of brands such as Ryman stationery, La Senza Lingerie and Red

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Low Velocity Impact Road Traffic Claims

PRACTICE NOTE    LOW VELOCITY IMPACT ROAD TRAFFIC CLAIMS     This Practice Note replaces the Practice Note issued by McCombe J on 14 March 2006 (as subsequently amended)   Notwithstanding the observations of Brooke LJ in Kearsley v Klarfeld [2005] EWCA Civ 1510, it has not been possible to identify suitable test cases, but

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