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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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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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OpinionSetting a bench mark
An appropriately sophisticated approach to making the bench more representative of our society.
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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?
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OpinionLaw in the future
We can’t predict the exact nature of threats to legal services. So future plans should be of only the broadest variety.
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OpinionThe Charlie and Lola election campaign
Political parties seem to be burying legal issues in the run-up to this May’s poll.
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OpinionHuman rights defenders should defend TTIP too
Free trade gives ruling elites a stake in the rule of law.
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OpinionCompetition and Markets Authority – one year on
What has the body responsible for enforcing UK competition law achieved in the year since it was established?
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OpinionMuch of the Quindell-Slater deal makes no sense
Slater and Gordon’s Quindell acquisition looks like a risky strategic departure.
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OpinionThe brightest and the bench
Has the senior judiciary reached a tipping point in terms of attracting candidates of the highest calibre?
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OpinionWho wants to pay new court fees?
Criminal court charges create an incentive to exit the process.
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OpinionLawyers reflect on racism
‘Diversity’ was not a word district judge Tan Ikram heard much in the 1990s, he told attendees at the launch of the Law Society’s Ethnic Minority Lawyers Division earlier this month.
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OpinionIn-house lawyers – a paradox
Countries across the EU treat in-house lawyers differently. Why?