All Opinion articles – Page 157
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OpinionClosing the class chasm on access
Law firms need to build on the progress the sector has made and continue to strive to create equal employment opportunities.
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OpinionPrivilege and ENRC: some highlights
A few paragraphs from a landmark Court of Appeal judgment may provoke debate.
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OpinionWhat the end of the WTO would mean for lawyers
The US is already pushing the World Trade Organisation to the very edge.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Giving human rights a voice
Lord Dyson’s trenchant lectures covering wide-ranging topics from Magna Carta to asset inequality between litigants in the modern world are drawn together into one volume.
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OpinionCivil legal aid contracts: what went wrong?
The Legal Aid Agency updated practitioners on new contracts one hour and 48 minutes before they were due to begin.
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OpinionFair trial fight
We welcome the High Court’s ruling striking down the lord chancellor’s scheme to cut criminal legal aid for some of the most complicated and difficult Crown court cases.
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OpinionCommon law marriage myth
Since the early 1970s the number of people getting married has steadily fallen while the number of cohabiting couples has increased. In 2016 there were 3.3m cohabiting couples.
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OpinionBook review: gut feeling
Psychology, Emotion and Intuition in Work Relationships: The Head, Heart and Gut Professional by Henry Brown, Neil Dawson, Brenda McHugh
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OpinionBook review: Getting to grips with the system
English Legal System (3rd edition) by Steven Wilson, Helen Rutherford, Tony Storey and Natalie Wortley
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OpinionParole Board independence reaffirmed
I have previously identified the unqualified necessity for the independence of action and decision-making of the Parole Board to remain intact in the wake of the furore over the John Worboys case.
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OpinionWhy Emma Thompson was outside my front door in The Children Act
My part - or should I say apartment - in superb new film The Children Act.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Local pioneers who made Birmingham great
New book celebrating 200 years of the Birmingham Law Society charts its rise through two world wars and innovations in technology.
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OpinionAML regime is not fit for purpose
Laundered money has continued to pour into the UK in damagingly large quantities. Time for an utterly fresh approach.
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OpinionDeath by dangerous cycling
The fact that we do not have a proper legal remedy for pedestrians who are seriously injured or killed by a cyclist is a major issue.
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OpinionDon't panic: drama but no crisis in PII market
Two high-profile departures are not ideal, but appear to reflect a localised problem. Law firms must take stock though.
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OpinionFree press? 500 pages of law are just the start
A new edition of the journalists’ legal bible provides a snapshot of current media clashes with the law.
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OpinionThe rise and fall of email
Once lauded as a panacea to snail mail, the drawbacks of email are now filling inboxes.
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OpinionReforming wills: better late than never
Landmark judgment reinforced argument for updating laws that date from the Victorian era.