All News blog articles – Page 9
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Maintaining access to justice in environmental cases
Removing the costs cap will make it harder for most people to challenge public bodies in the courts, writes shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon.
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Insurance lobby ensures new PI discount rate is doomed
Once again the government has rolled out the red carpet to insurers – but where is Liz Truss?
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How binding is a budget?
A recent ruling on the status of budgets will have serious implications for costs and case management conferences.
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Will PI lawyers be grateful for small mercies?
Liz Truss has made the closure of some firms inevitable, but it could have been worse.
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Lawyers and the summer of love
Fifty years ago, lawyers were talking about Europe and sexual offences – but probably more about the Breathalyzer.
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Fighting fee cuts
The current attacks upon access to justice and victims of crime are an affront. We must unite and fight to help save the system.
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Spare a thought for the judges
Mail moans about moaning judges. But how can we improve the courts environment?
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Forensic MPs finally nail insurers over their PI spin
The debate over personal injury reforms is filled with rhetoric and self-interest. Today’s committee session was a breath of fresh air.
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Brexit negotiations and immigration
Immigration is central to the government's 12-point plan, which relies on generalities and could weaken Theresa May's negotiating position.
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The future for solicitor regulation
It is clear from the first few weeks of the year that familiar themes will dominate the discussion around regulation in 2017.
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Discount rate saga drags on
The lord chancellor’s procrastination does not bode well. Insurers are stalling a long-overdue change.
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A doomed legal sector? Not according to the stats
We may have convinced ourselves this is a profession in terminal decline. But the figures say the opposite.
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Judicial independence: media circus moves on
Pro-Brexit tabloids renew their assault on legal ‘elite’ – but this time it feels tokenistic.
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A lecture from HSBC on the rule of law? That’s a tough sell
The Bingham Centre’s high-rolling GC network is well-intentioned, but it has an image problem.
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These PI reforms ignore the most vulnerable road users
All the attention is on potential fraud caused by car drivers – where is the much-needed protection for those on two wheels?
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Business and tax planning – new year resolutions for your practice
The proactive steps law firms can take this year.
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Why lawyers should oppose press coercion by costs
For better or worse, journalists do not belong among the regulated professions.
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Mediation today – settlement or structural failure?
Legal practitioners are increasingly impervious to the arts of mediation – but it can achieve remarkable results.
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Balfour: not a suitable case for lawfare
Courts are not the forum to rule on a 1917 declaration on Palestine.
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Mladic genocide and war crimes trial close to conclusion
Arguments in the trial of former Bosnian-Serb general Ratko Mladić for ‘crimes against humanity’ bring the historic process close to the end of an era.