Comment and opinion – Page 160
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OpinionHousing consultation rethink is needed
Stamp duty timetable highlights more than just conveyancing concerns.
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OpinionNicely Nicely Gove sees off noble sneers
Lord chancellor gives a little away on the forthcoming draft British bill of rights.
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OpinionTax and professional secrecy
Lawyers are safe from having to disclose details of tax schemes. For now.
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OpinionForcing Russia to pay over Litvinenko
Alexander Litvinenko’s widow may find that winning a judgment against Russia is easier than enforcing one.
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OpinionGove the arch-pragmatist
There is rarely a political dividend in defending the blatantly indefensible.
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OpinionJustice in disrepair
An online court has its merits but it cannot remedy inequality of arms.
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OpinionFixed fees: what will it mean?
Litigators may not welcome Jackson’s sweeping changes but extending fixed fees could improve access to the courts.
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OpinionA big case for 2016
The Supreme Court will address an important issue on the finality of settlements.
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OpinionClin neg: conflict of interests
When the government is defendant in medical or military claims, it shouldn’t be involved in reducing them.
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OpinionShould the LSB chair resign?
If the government effectively seizes the wheel of the super-regulator, does that not signal a lack of confidence in its leader?
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OpinionUpholding lawyers’ values
Invoking a hitherto unused rule of law mechanism was a brave step by the European Commission.
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OpinionLGBT: celebrating difference
Things are improving for LGBT solicitors but the profession must do more.
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OpinionWar and Peace and 'lawfare'
When only one side accepts them, humanitarian conventions are doomed.
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OpinionOmbudsman feeding a witch-hunt
There’s nothing wrong with informing consumers, but could we give them the full story perhaps?
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OpinionEuropean arrest warrant revisited
A new project aims to look at issues around what is seen as the most successful criminal law instrument developed by the EU.
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OpinionSupreme leaders?
Is judicial overreach a threat to the rule of law and effective government?
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OpinionLegal regulation: here we go again
In one of the world’s most liberal markets, the CMA’s inquiry is oddly timed.
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OpinionHitting the vulnerable hard
Proposed reforms of the small claims procedure would deal a devastating blow to justice.
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OpinionLosing weight and law firm marketing
Strategic marketing is like going on a January diet - it won’t work without a fundamental change in behaviour.