Infobox television show name Is It Legal? image caption The cast of Is It Legal? From left to right Kate Isitt, Matthew Ashforde, Richard Lumsden, Patrick Barlow, Imelda Staunton, and Jeremy Clyde format Comedy runtime 25 minutes creator Simon Nye starring Patrick Barlow br Imelda Staunton br Richard Lumsden br Kate Isitt br Jeremy Clyde br Matthew Ashforde country United Kingdom network ITV Series 1 & 2 br Channel 4 Series 3 first aired start date df yes 1995 9 12 last aired end date df yes 1998 12 9 num series 3 num episodes 21 list episodes List of Is It Legal? episodes official website http www.hartswoodfilms.co.uk programmes com legal.html Is It Legal? is a Television in the United Kingdom British television sitcom set in a solicitors office in Hounslow , west London , which ran from 1995 to 1998. It was produced by Hartswood Films and was shown on ITV for Series 1 2 and Channel 4 for Series 3. It was written by Simon Nye , who also wrote other ITV sitcoms such as Men Behaving Badly and Hardware TV series Hardware . Cast Richard Lumsden Colin Lotus Jeremy Clyde Dick Spackman Series 1 2 Imelda Staunton Stella Phelps Patrick Barlow Bob Birch Kate Isitt Alison Matthew Ashforde Darren Nicole Arumugam Sarah Chivers Notable Guest Stars John Thomson comedian John Thomson Paramedic in Death ... and the legal profession. Bob Birch Bob is the office manager of Lotus, Spackman & Phelps, and is, aside ... and Colin despite Stella s obvious dislike of him. Episodes Main List of Is It Legal? episodes Filming ... ITV Sitcom in 1996. DVD releases All three series of Is It Legal? have been released by Network ... 3 21 March 2011 The Complete Series 1 to 3 Box Set TBA External links IMDb title 0112019 Is It Legal? BBC Online comedy guide articles i isitlegal 7773830.shtml Is It Legal? http www.hartswoodfilms.co.uk programmes com legal.html Is It Legal? on the Hartswood Films website Category 1995 British television ... television series Category British legal television series Category Channel 4 sitcoms Category ITV sitcoms ... more details
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Unreferenced date November 2006 A legal administrator is a non Lawyer attorney law office employee or law office manager responsible for a law firm s overall day to day operations. Legal administrators are responsible for ensuring the delivery of legal services by supervising staff and identifying and developing business opportunities. Legal administrators also work within law or legal departments and handle many responsibilities other than substantive legal work or assignments of it. DEFAULTSORT Legal Administrator Category Legal professions Law stub ... more details
Multiple issues orphan October 2009 unreferenced October 2009 Legal benefit is a law legal term means the obtaining by the promisor of that which he had no prior legal right to obtain. DEFAULTSORT Legal Benefit Category Law Law term stub ... more details
Multiple issues orphan October 2009 unreferenced October 2009 Legal detriment is a law legal term referring to the act of doing that which the promisee was under no prior legal obligation to do or the refraining from doing that which he was previously under no legal obligation to refrain from doing. DEFAULTSORT Legal Detriment Category Law Law term stub ... more details
A legal secretary is a particular category of worker within the legal profession. In the practice of law in the United States , a legal secretary is person who works in the legal profession, typically assisting lawyer s. Legal secretaries help by preparing and filing legal document s, such as appeal s or Motion legal motions . It is not unusual for a larger firm to place managerial duties on a particular legal secretary. Much like a paralegal , a legal secretary is responsible for locating relevant information for cases. This type of person would be called a paralegal in the UK. In the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth , a legal secretary is a secretary experienced in working for a law firm or in house General counsel legal department . They assist by giving administrative support to lawyers and are significant members of a team of professionals who work together. The work of a legal secretary varies and can be very interesting. They deal with a wide range of challenging legal and business ... of islands legal arms such as the Attorney Generals Office and the Legal Draftsman s office during ... U.S. state s for legal secretaries. However, unlike an Secretary administrative assistant , a legal secretary must be familiar with legal procedures. Many colleges and universities offer programs geared towards this career, however, there is not a degree associated with that of a legal secretary. Rather, students are enrolled in existing legal courses, which have been established for those who wish to pursue a career in law, such as a lawyer or police officer . In the UK, a legal secretary should have excellent secretarial skills together with a knowledge of law and legal procedures. They must be computer literate and have a good standard of English. People can acquire the legal skills ... themselves. External links http www.nala.org National Association of Legal Assistants DEFAULTSORT Legal Secretary Category Legal professions ... more details
Legal Advisor may refer to Legal Advisor Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants , the legal adviser to the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants in the United States Legal Adviser of the Department of State , a position in the government of the United States Disambig lt Teis s patar jas ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2007 In the common law , legal advice is the giving of a formal opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law by an officer of the court such as solicitor or barrister , ordinarily in exchange for financial or other tangible compensation. Advice given without remuneration is normally referred to as being pro bono pro bono publico in the public good , or colloquially, pro bono . The UK s Legal Services Act 2007 includes the giving of legal advice within the definition of unreserved legal activities, which means that it can be provided by any person not just an officer of the court. However, if it is provided by a lawyer or another person authorised by one of the front line legal services regulators, then this activity is included within their regulatory reach. Legal advice is distinguished from legal information which is the reiteration of legal fact. Legal information can be conveyed by a parking meter, sign or by other forms of notice such as a warning by a police law enforcement officer . Printed legal materials, such as directions and how to manuals, are generally not considered legal advice. Accordingly, directions on how to fill in a motion form and other court documents do not constitute legal advice. Citation needed date June 2008 On the other hand, application of legal rules and principles to a specific set of facts is almost always held to constitute legal advice by the courts. Online Legal Advice With the advent of the internet, many services have been established to provide individuals the power to conduct their own legal research or prepare their own legal documents. In addition, some companies have taken it a step further by offering answers to legal questions directly through their web services. See also Caselex Lawyer Judge advisor system , an entity used by academic researchers to study the giving and taking of advice DEFAULTSORT Legal Advice Category Civil law common law Category Practice of law Category Legal professions ... more details
A legal procurator is a lawyer in Malta who assists advocate s in lawsuits in courts of various levels. A legal procurator also has rights of audience in lower courts of that country. External link s http mjha.gov.mt justice lpchamber.html Information on Legal Procurators from Malta Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs website DEFAULTSORT Legal Procurator Category Legal professions Category Maltese law law stub Malta stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Legal periodicals are trade publication s for the Practice of law legal profession targeted at lawyer s, paralegal s, judge s, and government civil servant s. They contain commentary on current and proposed legislation as well as on recent case law court decisions and administrative law administrative rulings . They can also contain scholarly research articles, book reviews, surveys, and industry news. Legal periodicals may be published by law school s and their affiliated law review student organizations , bar association s or commercial publishers. Scholarly journal s in this field are known as law review s. DEFAULTSORT Legal Periodical Category Legal magazines Category Legal research Category Legal newspapers Category Law journals Trade mag stub Law mag stub ... more details
marxism Legal naturalism is a term coined by Olufemi Taiwo to describe a current in the social philosophy of Karl Marx which can be interpreted as one of Natural Law . Taiwo considered it the manifestation of Natural Law in a dialectical materialism dialectical materialist context. See also Marxism Legal positivism Natural law Books Legal Naturalism A Marxist Theory of Law Olufemi Taiwo, Cornell University Press, 1996 ISBN 0 8014 2851 3 Articles DEFAULTSORT Legal Naturalism Category Naturalism philosophy Category Philosophy of law philosophy stub ... more details
Merge legal aspects of computing date May 2011 Legal informatics is an area within information science . One of the best definitions of legal informatics comes from Erdelez and O Hare 1997 The American Library Association defines Informatics academic field informatics as the study of the structure and properties of information , as well as the application of technology to the Categorization organization , archive storage , information retrieval retrieval , and dissemination of information. Legal informatics therefore, pertains to the application of informatics within the context of the legal environment and as such involves law related organization s e.g., law offices, court s, and law school s and User computing user s of information and information technology information technologies within these organizations. Legal informatics could be said then, to encompass several conceptual areas information retrieval both manual and automated systems such as artificial intelligence and law law and Public policy policy issues such as privacy , copyright , and security information access issues such as making legal and government information more accessible to the public, both physically and intellectually and practice issues applications which help lawyer s in their day to day operations . Source Erdelez, S, and S & O Hare 1997 . Legal informatics application of information technology in law , Annual Review of Information Science and Technology , 32 367 402. DEFAULTSORT Legal Informatics Category Information science Category Legal communication Category Legal research de Rechtsinformatik et igusinformaatika it Informatica giuridica lt Teis s informatika nl Rechtsinformatica no Rettsinformatikk pl Informatyka prawnicza fi Oikeusinformatiikka ... more details
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Unreferenced date November 2006 orphan date November 2009 Legal nullity is a phrase used to refer to any entity which might theoretically be of some legal significance, but in fact possesses no identity or distinct structure of its own. Examples of this are counties which are wholly subsumed by the municipal government within their boundaries. Some entities which fit this description are Philadelphia County , a legal nullity because it is entirely coterminous with the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and New York County , which is similarly coterminous with the Borough of Manhattan, in New York City . Legal nullity is also a court decision made without jurisdiction or authority. Such a decision does not have to be vacated or appealed, it is void from inception. DEFAULTSORT Legal Nullity Category Legal terms Law term stub Geo term stub ... more details
Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people otherwise unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring ... models for legal aid have emerged, including duty lawyers, community legal clinics and the payment of lawyers to deal with cases for individuals who are entitled to legal aid. History Legal aid has a close relationship with the welfare state and the provision of legal aid by a state is influenced by attitudes towards welfare. Legal aid is a welfare provision by the state to people who could otherwise not afford access to the legal system. Legal aid also helps to ensure that welfare provisions ... to legal advice and the courts. Historically legal aid has played a strong role in ensuring respect ... argue that legal aid is essential in providing individuals with access to justice, by allowing the individual legal enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights . His views developed in the second ... last Regan first Francis title The transformation of legal aid comparative and historical studies ...&dq legal aid isbn 9780198265894 ref Prior to the mid 20th Century literature on legal aid emphasised ..., through policies rather than individual legal action. Laws were enacted to support welfare provisions, though these were regarded as laws for planners, not lawyers. Legal aid schemes were established as it was assumed that the state had a responsible to assist those engaged in legal disputes ... Francis title The transformation of legal aid comparative and historical studies publisher Oxford University Press year 1999 pages 90 url http books.google.com books?id khG 4Dk96J4C&dq legal aid isbn ... state in this time expanded along with legal aid provisions as concerns emerged over the power of welfare ... their economic, social and cultural rights and welfare lawyers used legal aid to advice those on low income when dealing with state officials. Legal aid was extended from family law to a wide range ... more details
About the concept of legal pluralism other uses of the term Pluralism disambiguation Legal pluralism is the existence of multiple legal system s within one geographic area. Plural legal systems are particularly ... more traditional legal systems. When these systems developed, the idea was that certain issues ... tended to break down and individuals would choose to bring their legal claims under the system that they thought would offer them the best advantage. Legal pluralism also occurs when different laws ... legal systems can also be pluralistic. ref See Griffiths, John 1986 What is Legal Pluralism in Journal of Legal Pluralism 24 1 55. ref It is, thus, misleading to discuss legal pluralism only in relation to non Western legal systems. For a discussion on the internal and external plurality of legal ... , and Ijma , whereas most modern Western nation states take the basis of their legal system from the Christian ... in legal history , hence fulfilling the priority of both the positivists and the naturalists. Legal pluralism also exists to an extent in societies where the legal systems of the indigenous population ... widely practiced. There is some concern that traditional legal systems and Muslim legal systems fail ... Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women CEDAW have called for a unification of legal ... to, legal pluralism. References Reflist No footnotes section date February 2009 See generally, The Journal of Legal Pluralism. Channock, M. 1985. Law, Custom, and Social Order The Colonial Experience in Malawi and Zambia. New York Cambridge University Press. Merry, Sally Engle. 1988. Legal Pluralism ... of Legal Identities University of Michigan Press 2003 ISBN 0 472 11315 1 Sierra, Maria Teresa .... Starr, June, and Jonathan Pool. 1974. The Impact of a Legal Revolution in Rural Turkey. Law & Society ... in Minangkabau Village. Journal of Legal Pluralism 19 117 159. External links McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Faculty of Law http www.mcgill.ca humanrights DEFAULTSORT Legal ... more details
Legal research is the process of identifying and retrieving information necessary to support legal decision making. In its broadest sense, legal research includes each step of a course of action that begins ... of the results of the investigation. ref J. Myron Jacobstein and Roy M. Mersky, Fundamentals of Legal Research, 8th ed. Foundation Press, 2002 p. 1. ref The processes of legal research vary according to the country and the legal system involved. However, legal research generally involves tasks such as 1 ... legal dictionaries , legal treatise s, and legal encyclopedias such as American Jurisprudence and Corpus Juris Secundum , for background information about a legal topic and 3 searching non legal sources for investigative or supporting information. Legal research is performed by anyone with a need for legal information, including lawyers , law librarians , and paralegals . Sources of legal information range from printed books, to free legal research websites like Legal Information Institute Cornell Law School s Legal Information Institute , Findlaw Findlaw.com , LexisNexis Martindale Hubbell ... research services to help their patrons find the legal information they need in law school s, law ... to legal information on the web, either individually or via collective action , such as with the Free ... Legal Research Providers Legal research is known to take much time and effort, and access to online legal research databases such as LexisNexis and Westlaw can be costly. Consequently, law firms and other practitioners may turn to third party legal research providers to outsource their legal research ... Legal and Nonlegal Support Services. ref http legalresearchexperts.com outsourcing.html fn1text http ... legal services by lawyers who do not otherwise maintain the needed human resources on an ongoing basis. A small firm might not regularly employ the lawyers and legal assistants required to handle ... depositions or to review and analyze documents, together with a temporary staff of legal assistants ... more details
A legal recourse is an action that can be taken by an individual or a corporation to attempt to remedy a legal difficulty. A lawsuit if the issue is a matter of Civil law common law civil law Many contracts require mediation or arbitration before a dispute can go to court Referral to police or prosecutor for investigation and possible criminal charges if the matter is a criminal law criminal violation Petition to a legislature or other law making body for a change in the law if a law is thought to be unjust. Petition to a president or governor or monarch other chief executive or other official with power to pardon. See also Legal remedy See also globalize date December 2010 Legal principles Habeas corpus Damnum absque injuria , loss without injury Arm s length principle Examples Arranged marriage s may leave the woman without legal recourse . Bookies and confidence trickster s rely on the wiktionary mark mark being involved in illegal activity to block legal recourse . Victims of bullying may have legal recourse in the United States. The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 purportedly Political positions of Joe Lieberman Consumer protection leaves consumer groups without legal recourse . Diploma mill s and essay mill s employ various legal techniques to leave their customers without legal recourse . In termination of employment , an employee may have legal recourse to challenge such a termination in at will presumption of employment in the United States . Victims of joke theft have little legal recourse , but have occasionally exacted joke theft Recourse and consequences their own vengeance . Lynching in the United States Lynchings Military tribunal Rumsfeld v. Padilla DEFAULTSORT Legal Recourse Category Legal terms ar de Regress Recht lt Atgr tinis reikalavimas no Regress pl Roszczenie regresowe pt Direito do regresso zh ... more details
The term legal transplant was coined in the 1970s by the Scottish American legal scholar Alan Watson W.A.J. Alan Watson to indicate the moving of a rule or a system of law from one country to another A. Watson, Legal Transplants An Approach to Comparative Law , Edinburgh , 1974 . The notion of legal transplantation is diffusionism based and according to this concept most changes in most legal systems occur as the result of borrowing. As maintained by Alan Watson Watson , transplantation is the most fertile source of legal development. Laws are commonly inspired by foreign policies and experiences. Regardless of the academic discourses on whether legal transplants are sustainable as a notion in the law legal theory , they are common practice. Nevertheless, the degree to which new laws are inspired by foreign examples can vary. A frequent and often justified criticism is that imported laws are not suited for a certain local context. German jurist Friedrich Carl von Savigny and his German ... the spirit of a people . Savigny s school of legal thought expressed the need of legal change .... However, this concept of juristic evolution did not leave much space for notions such as legal transplants ... of legal transplants. Today, legal transplants are often mentioned in the broader process of diffusion of law or legal acculturation . J.W. Powell is credited with coining the word acculturation , first ... context, such notion is by many contemporary scholars applied to legal thought. The diffusion of law is a process of legal change in today s age of globalization . Studies on diffusion of law are notably ... Bibliography on Legal Transplants and the Diffusion of Law http www.ejcl.org 44 art44 2.html A. Watson, Legal Transplants and European Private Law http www.harvardilj.org attach.php?id 50 D. Westbrook ... 2005 348.pdf P. Shah, Globalisation and the Challenge of Asian Legal Transplants in Europe DEFAULTSORT Legal Transplant Category Legal terms Category Comparative law fi Oikeudellinen siirr nn inen ... more details
Infobox Occupation name Legal Executive official names Chartered Legal Executive Details type Profession ... sense formation Institute of Legal Executives , Legal Practice Course employment field Law firm ... Legal executives are a form of trained and qualified legal professional in certain juridictions. They often specialise in a particular area of law . There is, however, no direct equivalent to a legal executive in Scotland . Law clerks in Canada and paralegals in the US occupy the same role as legal executives elsewhere while having lesser professional status. Legal executives are recognised in England ... and Hong Kong . In England and Wales they are now know as chartered legal executives . England and Wales ILEX The Institute of Legal Executives ILEX was founded in 1892 and became a company limited ... body which represents legal executive lawyers and trainee legal executives. Legal executives ... url http www.ilex.org.uk about legal executives what legal executives do.aspx title What Legal Executives Do publisher ILEX accessdate 2009 09 10 ref On 13 October 2011, fellows of the Institute of Legal ... legal executives , a professional designation and title now legally protected. The Institute of Legal Executives also became the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives having obtained a royal charter from the Queen, in October 2011. Chartered Legal Executives in England and Wales are fee earners and are eligible to become partners in legal disciplinary partnerships LDP as well as advocates ... into force. The work of Chartered Legal Executives requires them to have the same high ethical ... of Legal Executives are regulated by ILEX professional standards IPS . Fellows of the institute ... other judicial offices. Chartered Legal Executive lawyers and other appropriately qualified members of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives attend to a wide range of legal work, generally ... management Trainee Chartered Legal Executives undertake a series of training courses and are required ... more details
A legal constitution is a constitution where the judiciary form the greatest check upon the use of executive power. A legal constitution can be contrasted with a political constitution where political accountability is the greatest method of controlling government. In a legal constitution methods of officiall review and the striking down of unconstitutional legislation may be used in order to control government power. A move from a political to a legal constitution has been noted in the United Kingdom after the passing of the Human Rights Act . ref http www.learningmatters.co.uk sampleChapters pdfs 1846410274.pdf 10157 02 CH01.QXD Bot generated title ref References references DEFAULTSORT Legal Constitution Category Political terms ... more details
The Legal Ombudsman is an ombudsman service that opened in October 2010 ref http webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk 20101013220527 http www.justice.gov.uk news announcement071010a.htm ref . It is a free service that investigates complaints about lawyers in England and Wales . The Legal Ombudsman was set up as a result of the Legal Services Act 2007 ref http www.legislation.gov.uk ukpga 2007 29 contents ref and took over from the Legal Complaints Service and other legal complaint handling bodies. The current Chief Ombudsman and Chief Executive is Adam Sampson . The Legal Ombudsman is a member of the British and Irish Ombudsman Association. ref http www.bioa.org.uk list.php?navletter L ref Governance and jurisdiction Sections 114 and 115 of the Legal Services Act 2007 established the Office for Legal Complaints and stipulated that it must operate an ombudsman scheme. The OLC appointed the first chief ombudsman and acts as the Legal Ombudsman s board. The OLC is responsible to both the Legal Services Board and the Ministry of Justice . The current chair of the OLC is Elizabeth France . The Legal Ombudsman can investigate complaints made by members of the public and small businesses , clubs ... types of lawyers fall within the Legal Ombudsman s jurisdiction barristers costs lawyers legal ... s response to the complaint. The Legal Ombudsman cannot investigate complaints concerning professional ... problems report solicitor.page legal ombudsman 20 Solicitors Regulation Authority . Impartiality Sections 122 3 and 8 of the Legal Services Act 2007 provide that the chief ombudsman must not be a lawyer. In addition, as an arms length body the Legal Ombudsman is not affiliated to lawyers representative bodies or their regulators. In this respect it differs from the Legal Complaints Service ... website http www.legalservicesboard.org.uk Legal Services Board http www.justice.gov.uk Ministry of Justice http www.bioa.org.uk British and Irish Ombudsman Association Category Legal organisations ... more details
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