All Letters articles – Page 19

  • Opinion

    ​Online divorce

    10 April 2017

    At the beginning of March, I was invited to the Ministry of Justice for a workshop explaining more about the online divorce project from HMCTS. I joined representatives from the Law Society, Resolution and the bar.

  • Opinion

    ​Chancery pain

    10 April 2017

    I am a civil litigator whose work rarely takes me to the Chancery Division of the High Court.

  • Opinion

    ​Secret shame

    3 April 2017

    As Clive Stafford Smith so vividly demonstrates (‘Secrets and lies’, 27 March), a closed material proceeding is the antithesis of justice.

  • Opinion

    ​Monitoring for signs of stress?

    3 April 2017

    I have become concerned by cases involving friends and former colleagues who appeared to have burnt out and suffered breakdowns.

  • Opinion

    ​SRA should reopen its doors

    3 April 2017

    Regulator’s decision to exclude public and press from meetings removes vital check and balance on the powers of a tax-raising body

  • Opinion

    ​Sitting pretty in court

    3 April 2017

    John Miller’s letter (13 March) reminds me of my own first day in court.

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    Opinion

    Symbols in the workplace

    2017-03-27T00:01:00Z

    The position of religious workers has not been as seriously compromised by the ECJ ruling on symbols as some reports have suggested.

  • Opinion

    Online courts – tangled web

    27 March 2017

    Do the ‘powers that be’ have the slightest understanding of how computer-illiterate are many of those seeking to access courts?

  • Opinion

    Divine comedy

    20 March 2017

    Holy water perhaps? 

  • Opinion

    Footing the bills for Brexit

    20 March 2017

    Civil servants face a huge logistical challenge in implementing a deluge of legislation to coincide with the UK’s exit from the EU.

  • Opinion

    Sound advice

    20 March 2017

    Remember your integrity.

  • Opinion

    ABS hype is a sideshow

    20 March 2017

    Why the focus on alternative business structures? Time should be spent fighting legal aid cuts.

  • Opinion

    Registry lens on photo ID

    2017-03-16T16:52:00Z

    Maybe Land Registry will agree to registering passport-sized photos of the buyers?

  • Opinion

    Wing and a prayer

    13 March 2017

    I am sure that county court judges now would not treat young advocates so harshly.

  • Opinion

    Divorced from reality

    13 March 2017

    A judge has refused a wife her divorce on the ground of unreasonable behaviour – and strengthened the case for no-fault divorce.

  • Opinion

    Heavyweight conveyancing

    13 March 2017

    I’ve just received an exceedingly heavy package.

  • Opinion

    Plain speaking plea

    6 March 2017

    Our judges will need to mind their language in seeking to cope with the rapidly increasing numbers of litigants in person in the courts.

  • Opinion

    Sails pitch

    6 March 2017

    Why not join the Law Society Yacht Club?

  • Opinion

    Dubious density data

    6 March 2017

    Discussion concerning Brexit seems to be losing its anchoring in facts.

  • Opinion

    Who’s got the best insurance?

    6 March 2017

    One might ask if the judiciary reflects upon what judgments actually mean in the real world.