Independent Legal Advice in UK Law

  • R v Crown Court at Southwark, ex parte Bowles
    • No. 6-2, April 1998
    • Journal of Financial Crime
    • 162-164
    The benefits of accountants seeking prompt independent legal advice to protect both themselves and their clients during criminal investigations has been reinforced by the recent House of Lords case...
    ...... of accountants seeking prompt inde-pendent legal advice to protect both themselves and their ...It also highlights how seeking independent spe-cialist legal advice at the outset of a ......
  • The Fair-Dealing Fiduciary Rule: A Comment on Barr v Cassels
    • No. , January 2019
    • Edinburgh Law Review
    • 89-94
    ...... even though the client received no independent legal advice and her informed consent was ......
  • Barclays Bank v O’Brien Revisited: What a Difference Five Years Can Make
    • No. 62-4, July 1999
    • The Modern Law Review
    ......, the principal debtor had committed a legal or equitable wrong, such as undue influence or ... primarily urging the surety to take independent legal advice. Lord Browne-Wilkinson’s vision of ......
  • How UK Climate Change Policy Has Been Made Sustainable
    • No. 24-3, September 2015
    • Social & Legal Studies
    UK climate change policy is based on the advice of the Committee on Climate Change established under the Climate Change Act 2008. This Committee is an independent, expert agency established as part...
    ...... . . . . . . . Article . Social & Legal Studies . 2015, Vol. 24(3) 399–418 . ... change policy is based on the advice of the Committee on Climate Change ... Act 2008. This Committee is an independent, ......
  • Resources
    • No. 51-2, June 2004
    • Probation Journal
    ......Free legal advice for children in prison. The Howard League ... people direct and immediate accessto independent legal advice, covering issues such as ......
  • Resources
    • No. 55-4, December 2008
    • Probation Journal
    ...... of crime and their families, including advice on how to make a victim impact statement for ....gov .uk At the end of 2007, Community Legal Advice re-launched their website. The site offers free, confidential and independent legal advice for residents of England and Wales ......
  • Admissibility of Confessions Obtained from Persons Who are Drunk and/or Sleep Deprived at the Time of Interview
    • No. 78-3, June 2014
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The
    ...... the appellant properly of her right to legal advice in accordance with Code C 3.1 and 6.1. An ... was entitled to free legal advice, independent of the police and that such advice could be ......
  • Guardianship of Child Asylum-Seekers
    • No. 34-1, March 2006
    • Federal Law Review
    ...... in appeals; and is also the children's legal guardian. This gives rise to actual and ... Review Tribunal are prepared with independent legal assistance. This might be said to flow from ... Minister did not obtain competent legal advice on behalf of the appellant and did not pay him ......
  • Equitable Compensation for Breach of Fiduciary Duty in Scotland: Kidd v Paull & Williamsons LLP
    • No. , September 2017
    • Edinburgh Law Review
    • 405-411
    ...... of disclosure of conflicts of interest and advice that existed between parties. B. THE FACTS. ... promptly, and to require them to seek independent legal advice.8. On 24 February 2009, the ......
  • Book Review: Role of the Solicitor-General: Negotiating Law, Politics and the Public Interest
    • No. 26-5, October 2017
    • Social & Legal Studies
    ...... heart of transforming social, cultural and legal attitudes towards mothers. SARAH SINGH Liverpool ... to the Solicitor General to provide independent legal advice and to be a custodian of legal ......
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