All Columnist articles – Page 40
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OpinionPannick is right over compensation
Parliament is seeking to clarify when compensation should be paid upon reversal of a conviction.
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OpinionChanging the Chancery Division
Everyone involved in the division may soon have to get used to a new way of working.
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OpinionEuro convention: don’t bring the house down
If we depart from the binding elements of the ECHR, we will depart like Samson.
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OpinionWar and law – again
A recent report makes a strong case for more transparent accountability over military decision-making.
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OpinionTrials and error
Lawyers work within an oppositional framework that is intrinsic to democracy.
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OpinionWoman on a mission
The prospect of a European area of justice will be discussed at a high-level event in Brussels this week.
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OpinionWatching briefs
The master of the rolls believes all court proceedings will eventually be televised.
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OpinionPress regulation: we’re stuck, please help
It is easy to see why Sir Brian Leveson does not want to say more about regulation of the press.
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OpinionMiliband v Dacre
The clash between the Mail and Ed Miliband can teach us a lot about human rights and crisis management.
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OpinionReigning Supreme
Conservative plans to take power away from Strasbourg will not stop Supreme Court from enforcing human rights.
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OpinionInquiring into inquiries
Parliamentary inquiries are becoming an increasingly important part of the UK’s uncodified constitution.
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OpinionLawyers well placed to lead democratic reform
Democracy comes complete with checks and balances – often articulated in the neutral language of the rule of law.
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OpinionShould Prince's letters be exempt from disclosure?
An apparent ‘constitutional aberration’ is to come under scrutiny from the Court of Appeal
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OpinionLawyers need to think tactically on costs
A few months in to the new costs budgeting regime, many litigators have already had to knuckle down and complete Precedent H
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OpinionWhy the Magna Carta still has relevance today
What shall we be doing in the summer of 2015? A general election is scheduled for 7 May. If Theresa May gets her way, we shall be voting on whether to denounce a list of rights and liberties that will have been binding on our rulers for little more than ...
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OpinionVulnerable people are most at risk from PCT
The legal profession has been up in arms over the proposed introduction of price-competitive tendering. But no one should be more concerned than individuals living with learning difficulties and disabilities such as autism, because they are the ones most at risk as a result of the changes. Criminal defence specialists ...
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OpinionVictim surcharge: unintended consequences
I have always felt uneasy about the victim surcharge