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OpinionUnbundling: no place to hide
Solicitors risk losing out to the bar if they don’t embrace unbundling.
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OpinionStanding up to attacks on LPP
The Law Society will continue to vigorously counter a range of threats to legal professional privilege.
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OpinionWill the appeal court turn its nose up at the sale of PI cases?
True value of pre-Jackson caseloads is difficult to work out.
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OpinionAccounts rules changes – ignoring lawyers
The profession, clients and the SRA alike would struggle to cope with the regulator’s radical change to the definition of ‘client money’.
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OpinionLawyers’ guide to Brexit
Despite the ongoing uncertainty, solicitors could make money out of the leave vote.
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OpinionA solicitor who broke the mould (and a lock)
Preparations are under way to celebrate the centenary of a solicitor becoming prime minister. But David Lloyd George remains one of a kind.
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OpinionLaw firms and the John Lewis-style model
How can firms reconcile a profit-sharing model with the traditional partnership?
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OpinionContract drafters: don't be complacent
Solicitors churn out contracts full of imperfections while thinking they are good at drafting.
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OpinionWe are one profession
Foreign firms competing with world-class City practices will be delighted the LSB is seeking to degrade our quality mark.
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OpinionAdvising on tax avoidance isn’t a crime
A thriving tax avoidance sector is a sign of a society that has got one thing right.
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Opinion‘Political correctness’ and lawyers
The scope of new American bar rules on anti-discrimination is controversially broad – is it time for the SRA to revisit its own?
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Opinion‘Hot tubbing’: is concurrent expert evidence working?
CEE may improve the quality of evidence but doesn't necessarily cut costs.
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OpinionProceeds of crime: outsourcing makes sense
The use of civil fraud solicitors to boost asset recovery rates is a welcome step forward.
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OpinionJudicial diversity: solicitors are the key
We must help to give solicitors a ‘line of sight’ to a judicial appointment from the start of their career.
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OpinionIt is right to report sweary judges
Defendant John Hennigan was thoroughly unpleasant in court. But it’s not the judge’s place to exchange abuse.
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OpinionTouting situation is deteriorating
The SRA is dangerously proposing to water down public protection from touting.
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OpinionA UK centre for legal innovation?
The American Bar Association’s final report on the future of legal services raises some questions for us too.
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OpinionWith Goddard gone, this inquiry needs strong leader
Victims will feel angry at the latest resignation from the child abuse inquiry – the next move is crucial.
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OpinionGoddard – what next for child abuse inquiry?
The inquiry into child abuse is much bigger than one person, but Dame Lowell Goddard’s approach means she will be a hard act to follow.
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OpinionBrexit: article 50 and all that
A multi-faceted legal debate is under way about triggering article 50 under the UK’s unwritten constitution.