All Letters articles – Page 9
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OpinionPI reform a done deal
While some might see the MoJ response to the justice select committee on PI reform as a stay of execution, it only served to highlight the government’s single-minded approach.
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OpinionHow to blunt knife crime
The latest ONS Crime in England and Wales bulletin shows an alarming increase in knife crime.
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OpinionUnder pressure
When I enter my offices I see doors marked ‘COLP’, ‘COFA’, ‘MLRO’ and the recently added ‘DPO’.
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Opinion‘Safe keeping’ unsound
As a long-retired solicitor I was approached recently by an old friend and client. He wanted to know what the words ‘safe keeping’ meant. I was intrigued and he explained.
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OpinionLevy breaks
The SRA has announced that the Compensation Fund levy for firms will be increased.
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OpinionRevered leader
‘Slow to anger, swift to praise.’ The line from Tennyson came to mind on having learned of past-president Paul Marsh’s death.
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OpinionFairness and injured people
The basis for PI reform is completely without merit, yet the government has been intransigent.
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OpinionEasy does it in the modern office
The other day, as I paid a visit to the old firm, a sepulchral calm appeared to have descended on the family department.
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OpinionWe’re all colleagues
When in practice, I occasionally received responses to letters from French avocats, who began their response with ‘Chere Maître’.
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OpinionLeftist infection
The Judicial Appointments Commission and the system for appointment of QCs have both been infected by leftist policy.
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OpinionNo need to browse for business
My firm does not have a website and neither does it intend to do so.
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OpinionPrice is right but what about quality?
The Crown Commercial Service’s recently launched tendering process for legal services to the ‘wider public service’.
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OpinionA role for private prosecutions
Private prosecutions offer an important alternative for obtaining justice.
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OpinionMore must be done for exonerees
Justice has long argued that the compensation regime for wrongful convictions is inadequate.
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OpinionBirmingham lessons
I have tried hard to promote the cause of the families of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombing victims.
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OpinionTechnology lost in translation
While welcoming the lord chief justice giving prominence to the subject of court interpreting in the Sir Henry Brooke Annual Lecture, the message that ‘simultaneous translation will put courtroom interpreters out of a job “within a few years”’ (Gazette, 8 June) should be treated with caution.
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OpinionSearching for clarity
‘Property Search VAT confusion set to continue’ (Gazette, 4 June) discussed the effect of the decision in Brabners LLP v The Commissioners for HMRC. It is important to note that this decision has created a peculiar situation, whereby HMRC allows conveyancers to invoice postal searches as disbursements, but requires electronic ...