Commentary and opinion – Page 162
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OpinionCases worth fighting for
Legal aid cuts have made worthy causes financially worthless for lawyers.
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OpinionTaxi drivers now, lawyers next
How might the controversy surrounding digital taxi service Uber impact on regulation of lawyers?
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OpinionLitigation is not so special after all
As budgeting beds in, the next logical step will be legal project management.
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OpinionCan wealthy lawyers really plug the justice gap?
Our first glimpse of the new lord chancellor was encouraging, but there are limits to the potential of pro bono.
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OpinionLegal knowledge advantage
Legal knowledge management is evolving rapidly but it’s still about platforms, processes and people.
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OpinionSecuring LGBT rights
Lawyers are helping the Human Dignity Trust obtain access to justice for LGBT people worldwide.
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OpinionMore competition from the bar
Bar urged to stop worrying about upsetting solicitors and embrace public access.
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OpinionGet Carta: an octocentenary weekend
Interpretations of Magna Carta varied extraordinarily over the weekend commemorations. A fine testament to its value.
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OpinionSurveillance: judges, not politicians
Governments should never be allowed to authorise surveillance of lawyers’ secret conversations – otherwise politicians become judge and jury in their own case.
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OpinionBuilding a court for war crimes
The professional support services section of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia carries out tasks that range from the exceptional to the everyday.
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OpinionRule of folklore
Lawyers treat one financial target as holy writ. But where did it originate?
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OpinionInternational courts and lawyers
International courts keep growing, which raises questions about how they treat lawyers.
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OpinionGateley: opening the floodgates?
As the first UK law firm goes public, will Gateley’s competitors scramble to follow suit?
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OpinionWho is going to pay for rogue solicitors?
There is hardly a queue to pay compensation fund costs. This thorny issue has to be resolved at some point.