All News blog articles – Page 22
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OpinionJudges must be braver about hot-tubbing
Concurrent evidence is universally approved, so why aren’t more judges ordering it to take place?
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OpinionBuilding time
It’s time property lawyers played their part in the big debates that will shape our built environment.
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OpinionGrayling doesn’t need to be a lawyer
Whether or not he has the right credentials, Grayling’s education shouldn’t preclude him from lord chancellor role.
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OpinionMedia lose marbles over Amal
Barrister Amal Alamuddin continues to make the wrong sort of headlines.
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OpinionRTA claims: what’s going on
A rise in traffic accident damages may disguise a worrying trend in settlements.
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OpinionWet signature's long goodbye
The government takes a modest step towards electronic identity verification.
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OpinionWhere the UK ranks with Azerbaijan
The two countries have the lowest proportion of female judges in Europe.
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OpinionLib Dems go to their graves full of regret
A time in government presented a chance for a Liberal agenda at the MoJ – that chance has been wasted.
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OpinionGrayling’s problem is beyond carelessness
Mesothelioma ruling just another example where government tried to bulldoze through policy.
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OpinionInterpreting on trial
The professionalism of the Nuremberg interpreters highlights shortcomings in current UK standards.
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OpinionEtymology of execution
In reporting atrocities we try to employ the correct terminology for the sake of clarity, not political statement.
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OpinionOpening up funding for small claims
Some funders are turning their attention to lower-value litigation – at last.
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OpinionNine things we learned from the Labour conference
Legal aid, immigration – and why lawyers could be the key to the general election.
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OpinionSilly money and sensible planning
Planning reforms are essential to fixing the housing crisis. The question is which reforms.
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Opinion‘Should we kill all the lawyers?’
Rod Liddle hates lawyers. But the media controversialist’s claim that we live in a ‘juristocracy’ is well over the top.
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OpinionDealing with the incompetent
Did downsizing during the recession leave many firms short of competent lawyers?
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OpinionCourts, TV and Twitter – the perfect combination?
Electronic media will change courtroom behaviour, but not necessarily in the way most people assume.
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OpinionConsiderations on GHRs
A look at other jurisdictions tells us that we must take a granular and nuanced approach to pricing legal work.
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OpinionSome corner of a foreign field
The Ypres grave of articled clerk Cyril Montagu Pope is worth visiting.