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OpinionMother in Law: holiday snaps
Our week away was lovely. My thoughts entirely shifted and slowed.
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OpinionDisclosure: a cure worse than the disease?
The rules surrounding civil procedure are constantly being chopped and changed, and it is not uncommon for reforms to be deeply unpopular (costs budgeting, anyone?).
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OpinionListen to the Financial Conduct Authority on litigation funding
Financial Services and Markets Bill offers a chance to regulate the industry.
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OpinionBlaming judicial review - here we go again
The attorney general and the chancellor have pre-emptively teamed up to blame judicial review for government’s delivery failures.
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OpinionYou can’t cut firms’ income stream and expect favours in return
No-one can be totally upfront about this client account interest row. But we can be clear about the consequences.
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OpinionGround in a slow mill: farewell to Chancery?
The new Business and Property Division will remove the last vestige of Dickens' Bleak House court. In theory.
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OpinionPM’s conjuring trick may prove less than magic
Andy Burnham’s decision to exclude killers and some other offenders from the government’s early-release scheme for prisoners serving fixed sentences is a hostage to fortune.
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OpinionWilting under the strain
At what point does this ever-growing list of additions and subtractions for lawyers become insupportable?
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OpinionPM Law mess was foreseeable, but the SRA wouldn't listen
Profession is likely to end up paying £30m for the PM Law client losses. But the warning signs were all there.
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OpinionNot just the prison system in crisis
The government needs to give the same emergency treatment to legal aid as it is currently giving to prisons.
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OpinionThe independence of in-house lawyers - again
It was not a quiet August for in-house lawyers.
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OpinionDolly Parton built a $450m empire. What happens to it now?
Music legend’s death is a timely reminder of the importance of legacy planning.
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OpinionThe 'applicable law' fault line running through the Channel
A new development could have finally resolved issues around English wills and French property.
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OpinionThis Woodville scandal is going to be huge
Failed litigation funder seems to have raised £390 million from investors. Many seem to be regretting it.
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OpinionNavigating music rights for James Bond's next mission
IP lawyer provides an insight into his work advising composer David Arnold on the theme song for video game 007 First Light.
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OpinionMoJ must grasp interest on client account scheme
Andy Burnham’s administration has an early and inexpensive opportunity to enhance access to justice.
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OpinionAssets of community value reform gives community groups teeth
The balance between community interests and private ownership is shifting: businesses should assess their exposure now.