Commentary and opinion – Page 186
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OpinionHideously diverse?
The identity politics ‘industry’ can be shrill and irritating, but surely the SRA is right to find out how the profession is comprised.
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OpinionThe whiplash reforms 'cake'
Accrediting experts is only one ingredient: and raising the small-claims limit would be to add the icing before it’s cooked.
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OpinionWelcome common sense over wills errors
The sensible approach to mistakes in wills is at odds with the harsh line on procedural errors.
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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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OpinionBanking act is a paper tiger
New legislation which purports to clamp down on ‘reckless’ bankers smacks of sabre-rattling.
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OpinionAlarming lessons from the US
Legal education needs to prepare tomorrow’s lawyers for the automated world in which they will be operating.
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OpinionLet the good times roll (in-house)
GCs will look to find ways to live with, and thrive in, a complex international environment.
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OpinionFor want of a fee, justice was lost
Collapsing trials will show the MoJ’s fee cuts are a false economy.
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Opinion‘We talk of peace, but they shoot at us’
Lawyers in Colombia still face danger from the army each day but ‘misinformation’ leaks out.
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OpinionBlame culture? Then blame the negligent
Why are victims always the fall guys in the PI debate?
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OpinionLand Registry is not for meddling
Privatisation plans for a critical national asset could create a monster.
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Opinion‘Magic pill’ mediation is wrong prescription
Promotion of mediation as a cure-all for family law is misguided. It can never replace the law and the court.
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OpinionVAT and access to justice
A Belgian challenge to paying VAT on legal services reawakens a dormant debate for the whole of Europe.
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OpinionThe labour market isn’t working
Law firms and legal departments that are in a position to be more imaginative when hiring will end up with better people.
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Opinion1215 And All That: a case for exceptionalism
An unashamedly whiggish history of English legal exceptionalism scores a topical point.
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OpinionWhiplash panels won’t change a thing
The same doctors, the same pressures. So what’s different?
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OpinionFunding and ATE: what’s to come in 2014
What developments can we expect in ATE and litigation funding in the coming year?
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OpinionNext steps on legal aid
Independent studies jointly commissioned by the Law Society and Ministry of Justice must form the basis for duty contracts.
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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.