All Letters articles – Page 46
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There is prejudice in Mitchell
There is prejudice to the claimant in Mitchell even if his solicitors work without fee.
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Justice: Orwell was right
Access to justice will henceforth be solely in the province of the seriously wealthy.
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Raw deal for interpreter firm
It is the responsibility of the court (both magistrates’ and Crown) to both book and pay for an interpreter.
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Criminally slow trials
Is money being wasted by the MoJ in the conduct of high-profile criminal trials?
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MoJ disarray
Why not return to the earlier tried and tested system of the police and the courts contacting direct by reference to the national register?
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Aggression will trump co-operation
In case management the pendulum has swung too far the other way – parties will deliberately make the opponent’s life difficult.
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Women judges: inconvenient truth
There has been no significant improvement in the proportion of recommendations of women to any of the court judiciary posts.
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HCtHR: unelected and unaccountable
Human rights court sees itself as an engine of social engineering, but this is properly a matter for elected representatives.
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Mitchell moaners
I trust that the whingers will come to understand that what they wrongly perceive as manifest injustice will spawn a whole new industry of professional negligence lawyers.
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Local language
The Ministry of Justice set-up using just one language provider is not working.
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Grammar gaffes
It is good to know that our profession upholds its standards through quality assurance measures.
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Costly outcome
Litigators have no realistic alternative to seeking prospective budget variations once the budget is in danger of being exceeded.