All News blog articles – Page 20
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OpinionKeeping up the fight
The Law Society’s relentless lobbying over civil court fee rises and related justice issues has paid dividends. But following counsel’s advice a judicial review bid has been ruled out.
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OpinionA Hague tribunal on the wrong track
Special tribunal for Lebanon has put journalists in the dock. And for what?
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OpinionThe Charlie and Lola election campaign
Political parties seem to be burying legal issues in the run-up to this May’s poll.
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OpinionHuman rights defenders should defend TTIP too
Free trade gives ruling elites a stake in the rule of law.
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OpinionMuch of the Quindell-Slater deal makes no sense
Slater and Gordon’s Quindell acquisition looks like a risky strategic departure.
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OpinionLawyers reflect on racism
‘Diversity’ was not a word district judge Tan Ikram heard much in the 1990s, he told attendees at the launch of the Law Society’s Ethnic Minority Lawyers Division earlier this month.
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OpinionSRA should apologise for closure blunder
Andrew Williams’ professional reputation was savaged within 30 minutes – isn’t it time someone said sorry?
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Opinion70 years without the ‘Wizard’
In 1945 the passing of David Lloyd George, the only solicitor to become prime minister, was marked with purple prose.
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OpinionExplaining justice to the public
Staff running the pioneering war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia have found community outreach work vital.
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OpinionTaxing budget for solicitors
Government legislates in haste to close tax loopholes. But history suggests this is unwise.
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OpinionBudgeting blues in clin neg
Agreeing budgets in clinical negligence is rarer than a sighting of Bigfoot.
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OpinionQS drifts towards normality
The company that promised to turn the legal world upside down has had to retreat.
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OpinionCourt levy smuggled through back door
The government has initiated ‘enhanced fees’ with uncharacteristic speed.
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OpinionNo justice without interpreters
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s deputy registrar reflects on the mechanics that made the pioneering institution possible.
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OpinionMoney talks on LASPO exemption
The government is willing to listen to reasoned arguments – it just depends who’s making them.
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OpinionSummit: agreed themes divide the speakers
Speakers at the opening session had different ideas about the meaning of simple words.
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