All Letters articles – Page 17

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    Immigration legal aid mess

    31 July 2017

    Without legal aid in immigration, fewer well-presented applications would be received.

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    Cut out the middleman

    31 July 2017

    Claims management companies are an unnecessary evil. A ban on accepting work may go some way to restoring our credibility.

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    Taking back control

    24 July 2017

    Long way to go before EU law is British law.

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    Calling for backup

    24 July 2017

    DLA Piper cyber-attack shows the importance of backing up your data, using strong passwords and educating staff on security

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    Fund burden

    24 July 2017

    Practising certificate fees put pressure on small firms.

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    Closure fallout

    24 July 2017

    Consequences of court closures to be felt.

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    No respect for the judicial role

    17 July 2017

    Who would want to be a judge now?

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    Online obsolescence

    17 July 2017

    Online courts may not just been the reduction of the need for lawyers.

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    Price point

    17 July 2017

    SRA must protect those providing a service.

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    Run-off rip-off

    17 July 2017

    Why should insurers continue to take a premium after the potential basis of a claim to arise has stopped? The current system is inequitable

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    Diversity burden

    10 July 2017

    Diversity data compilation not worth the time for small firms.

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    Empty the prisons

    10 July 2017

    Prison reform must be kept on the agenda.

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    On the offensive

    10 July 2017

    To protect US first amendment principles, insulting terms can now be registered as trade marks – I’m glad we have not followed suit.

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    Wrong question

    10 July 2017

    SRA survey creates more questions than it answers.

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    ​Justice for the Comboni 12

    3 July 2017

    I was interested in your article on David Enright and his representation of abuse victims and survivors of the Comboni Missionary Order (Lawyer in the news, 19 June).

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    Choosing the right model

    3 July 2017

    Super-regulator is not ‘prescribing’ changes to the way legal businesses are run. It’s gathering evidence about new opportunities   

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    ​‘Short’ Sharp shock

    3 July 2017

    I do not envy divorce lawyers having to advise clients in a ‘short’ marriage following the Sharp decision.

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    Bill of costs

    26 June 2017

    Will costs of litigation be reduced rather than costs of assessment?

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    Erosion of a lawyer's role

    26 June 2017

    Civil litigation lawyers will have taken note of Lord Faulks’ call for regulation of third-party funding. Taking an entirely dispassionate view, the factor that stands out for me is the erosion of the lawyer’s position when faced with the influence of a third party having no direct interest in the ...

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    Two-tier fear

    26 June 2017

    Allowing solicitors to deliver services from unregulated entities is bad  for both clients and the profession. What is driving this change?