Commentary and opinion – Page 154
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OpinionThe right to a lawyer
A new website - a cross between Uber and Find A Solicitor - is helping suspects in Belgium gain prompt access to a lawyer.
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OpinionCPS faces a stark choice
More work must be done outside the courtroom if the Crown Prosecution Service is to achieve excellence.
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OpinionSupporting witnesses in The Hague
Victims appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia can get help from the tribunal’s witness support section.
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OpinionWot no Magna Carta? Shakespeare’s King John
Shakespeare’s King John doesn’t feature Magna Carta – but the play’s drama revolves around justice, legitimacy, arbitration and mediation.
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OpinionA solicitor at Gallipoli
The Gazette is fortunate to have a lawyer’s first-hand account of serving in the Great War’s most controversial campaign.
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OpinionThe solicitor brand is still irresistible
The profession is at a crossroads – but talented young people still want to join the party.
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OpinionChampioning blame-free divorce
Removing the need for one party to take responsibility for marriage breakdown would make divorce more harmonious.
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OpinionListen to the judiciary
It’s down to judges to uphold the rule of law, last week’s Commonwealth Law Conference heard.
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OpinionFalse economies afflicting courts
Removal of public funding in family law is having a huge impact on court business.
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OpinionGoogle is the wrong target
History suggests that anti-trust action is the wrong way to promote innovation in IT.
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OpinionUndoing Magna Carta
New court fees leave decisions on the burden of proof at risk of being secondary to whether defendants can afford to plead not guilty.
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OpinionStudents providing justice?
Is it inappropriate for the legal system to come to depend at least in part on student work?
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OpinionChange is afoot on the bench
Lawyers with no judicial experience given a route to the High Court – a controversial but bold move.
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OpinionWe are not policemen
The reporting obligations imposed on lawyers are inconsistent and confused.
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OpinionUK constitution and lawyers
Lawyers must help to engage the whole of the UK in a constitutional debate.
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OpinionCo-op Legal reboots
Like its fellow pioneer QualitySolicitors, Co-op Legal is looking to a digital future after moving into the black.
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OpinionKeeping up the fight
The Law Society’s relentless lobbying over civil court fee rises and related justice issues has paid dividends. But following counsel’s advice a judicial review bid has been ruled out.
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OpinionA Hague tribunal on the wrong track
Special tribunal for Lebanon has put journalists in the dock. And for what?