All News blog articles – Page 9
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OpinionAccounts rules changes – ignoring lawyers
The profession, clients and the SRA alike would struggle to cope with the regulator’s radical change to the definition of ‘client money’.
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Access to justice for Travellers and Gypsies
A new movement aims to highlight the problems still faced by these groups and to end discrimination against them.
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A solicitor who broke the mould (and a lock)
Preparations are under way to celebrate the centenary of a solicitor becoming prime minister. But David Lloyd George remains one of a kind.
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Contract drafters: don't be complacent
Solicitors churn out contracts full of imperfections while thinking they are good at drafting.
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Advising on tax avoidance isn’t a crime
A thriving tax avoidance sector is a sign of a society that has got one thing right.
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‘Hot tubbing’: is concurrent expert evidence working?
CEE may improve the quality of evidence but doesn't necessarily cut costs.
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Judicial diversity: solicitors are the key
We must help to give solicitors a ‘line of sight’ to a judicial appointment from the start of their career.
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Touting situation is deteriorating
The SRA is dangerously proposing to water down public protection from touting.
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Competition law isn’t up to the job
The Competition and Markets Authority is wrong to be cross with consumers who do not switch supplier.
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With Goddard gone, this inquiry needs strong leader
Victims will feel angry at the latest resignation from the child abuse inquiry – the next move is crucial.
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Goddard – what next for child abuse inquiry?
The inquiry into child abuse is much bigger than one person, but Dame Lowell Goddard’s approach means she will be a hard act to follow.
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Brexit: article 50 and all that
A multi-faceted legal debate is under way about triggering article 50 under the UK’s unwritten constitution.
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Byron burgers – what we have learnt
Irrespective of how one feels about the immigration ‘sting’, employers must understand what the law demands.
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Surrogacy law needs parental guidance
Law Commission suggests legislation is not keeping pace with social change.
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ABSs are no threat, so why treat them differently?
Non-lawyers must pledge to promote access to justice. That’s ridiculous.
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Would City law firms invest in a CLAF?
Could the City be persuaded to inject cash into a not-for-profit funder?
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Turkey and the rule of law
In the wake of Turkey’s failed coup, the purge of its judiciary is a deeply troubling development.
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Turkey: hope amid the turmoil
The cleansing of Turkey’s judiciary may be necessary – but only after open and thorough investigation.
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QOCS pessimism is flawed
The status quo is unconscionable. Any government committed to upholding the rule of law must extend qualified one-way costs shifting to police claims.
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Fusion via the back door
Has the process of fusing the solicitor and barrister professions already begun?
