All News blog articles – Page 30
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OpinionWhy it’s right to be wary of outsourcing
Outsourcing to the private sector is not necessarily the solution to public sector problems.
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OpinionThreadbare prospects for criminal silks
Why are so many criminal advocates still applying to become QCs?
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OpinionWhen will sweet Thames run softly again?
The UK government has its knuckles rapped for failing to meet its obligations under the Aarhus Convention.
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OpinionBudgeting: what will the new limit be?
What level will the new exemption for costs budgeting in the Commercial Court be set at?
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OpinionCommon cause for lawyers and historians
Both lawyers and historians should offer a check on law-makers’ accounts of the past.
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OpinionHideously diverse?
The identity politics ‘industry’ can be shrill and irritating, but surely the SRA is right to find out how the profession is comprised.
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OpinionWelcome common sense over wills errors
The sensible approach to mistakes in wills is at odds with the harsh line on procedural errors.
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OpinionFor want of a fee, justice was lost
Collapsing trials will show the MoJ’s fee cuts are a false economy.
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Opinion‘We talk of peace, but they shoot at us’
Lawyers in Colombia still face danger from the army each day but ‘misinformation’ leaks out.
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OpinionLand Registry is not for meddling
Privatisation plans for a critical national asset could create a monster.
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Opinion1215 And All That: a case for exceptionalism
An unashamedly whiggish history of English legal exceptionalism scores a topical point.
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OpinionWhiplash panels won’t change a thing
The same doctors, the same pressures. So what’s different?
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OpinionFunding and ATE: what’s to come in 2014
What developments can we expect in ATE and litigation funding in the coming year?
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OpinionThe legal world in 2014
Ill-tempered with good news in places - Eduardo Reyes looks at the year ahead.
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OpinionThe alternative legal awards for 2013
For some in the legal profession, this has been a year to forget.
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OpinionWhat sort of justice minister will Hughes be?
The Liberal Democrat’s left-wing liberal zeal could lead to some interesting times at the MoJ.