Leader – Page 13
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Window of opportunity
Not so long ago, we’d surely have considered it eccentric seriously to question the separation of powers.
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Not cricket
Much of the commentary surrounding the Sun’s story on sporting hero Ben Stokes’ family tragedy is ill-directed.
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Rebellious Scots to crush
All hell broke loose when it was suggested Scottish judges might be politically biased.
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Invisible Bristol
Paul Rogerson Court reporters have always been as interested in what interests the public as in the public interest. So, from Bristol Magistrates’ Court, we read of a motorist who was ‘surprised’ he was over the drink-drive limit after taking a traditional flu remedy of honey, garlic, ...
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Who’s paying?
Most, but not all, of the Square Mile heavyweights are now accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.
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Revolving door
Average tenure for lord chancellors at Petty France is brief, but this wasn’t always the case.
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Fighting on two fronts
Plight of seriously injured military personnel who seek compensation from the MoD when their careers are cut short by negligence isn’t vocalised enough.
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Contingency plan
A contingent legal aid fund: talked and written about for decades, to no avail.
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In-house culture club
A general counsel who has the ear of the chief executive and the board will be talking about culture, risk and crises.
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Roads well travelled
A record 15,000 walkers from 886 registered teams raised over £850,000 by completing the London Legal Walk.
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Mister and missives
When social convention intrudes, there is more at stake than linguistic dogmatism.
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Competition mission
Leafing through a yellowing copy of the Independent, I note that it is 25 years since (pre-Blairite) Labour dubbed the late Monopolies and Mergers Commission a ‘laughing stock’. Again and again the ‘toothless’ watchdog comes down on the side of big business against the consumer, declared the opposition, calling for ...
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What austerity looks like
The Association of Her Majesty’s District Judges’s scathing verdict on the courts reform programme speaks for itself.
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Don’t be CRAP (LLP)
How would the CEO of Cursory Relationships Are Profitable provide an optimally poor service to clients?
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Deregulation trumps all
Just as deregulation is about tackling protectionism, it is also about tackling protections.
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Lightening the load
City regulation post-Brexit means ‘same outcome, lower burden’ for FCA’s chief executive.
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