All News blog articles – Page 19
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OpinionFreshfields move could start London exodus
Northern powerhouses such as Leeds and Manchester are increasingly attractive to graduates. London should beware.
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OpinionSales are for vanity, profits for sanity
Crude revenue numbers don’t tell us much about a law firm’s performance.
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OpinionJackson’s escape route comes at a heavy cost
Costs management reforms are far from perfect, but watering them down is surely the worst solution.
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OpinionLet’s welcome Dominic Raab
‘What rights would you abolish?’ is no longer good enough for challenging the government.
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OpinionCourts confused on CFAs
Errors in conditional fee agreements have been met with a conflicting approach from the courts.
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OpinionSolicitors and the spirit of VE Day
For the profession, VE Day marked one step on the return to normality.
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OpinionLaw should protect, not curtail, freedom of speech
Society of Asian Lawyers hosts lively debate on right to cause religious offence.
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OpinionMoves afoot on rehab
Rehabilitation doesn’t get written about much. But new guidance aims to help claimant lawyers and insurers.
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OpinionTime for insurers to lose fraud rhetoric
All sides should be praised for working together on releasing claimant data – now they each have a new responsibility.
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OpinionSupporting witnesses in The Hague
Victims appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia can get help from the tribunal’s witness support section.
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OpinionWot no Magna Carta? Shakespeare’s King John
Shakespeare’s King John doesn’t feature Magna Carta – but the play’s drama revolves around justice, legitimacy, arbitration and mediation.
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OpinionA solicitor at Gallipoli
The Gazette is fortunate to have a lawyer’s first-hand account of serving in the Great War’s most controversial campaign.
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OpinionThe solicitor brand is still irresistible
The profession is at a crossroads – but talented young people still want to join the party.
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OpinionChampioning blame-free divorce
Removing the need for one party to take responsibility for marriage breakdown would make divorce more harmonious.
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OpinionGoogle is the wrong target
History suggests that anti-trust action is the wrong way to promote innovation in IT.
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OpinionUndoing Magna Carta
New court fees leave decisions on the burden of proof at risk of being secondary to whether defendants can afford to plead not guilty.
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OpinionStudents providing justice?
Is it inappropriate for the legal system to come to depend at least in part on student work?
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OpinionChange is afoot on the bench
Lawyers with no judicial experience given a route to the High Court – a controversial but bold move.
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OpinionCo-op Legal reboots
Like its fellow pioneer QualitySolicitors, Co-op Legal is looking to a digital future after moving into the black.