All Opinion articles – Page 162
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OpinionA role for private prosecutions
Private prosecutions offer an important alternative for obtaining justice.
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OpinionMore must be done for exonerees
Justice has long argued that the compensation regime for wrongful convictions is inadequate.
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OpinionBirmingham lessons
I have tried hard to promote the cause of the families of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombing victims.
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OpinionMigrant crisis – we need a mobile advice clinic
Immigration is one of the defining issues of our time.
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OpinionMeddling ministers: stop annoying judges
The judiciary is the greatest of allies in the court reform slog. Best keep them onside.
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OpinionTrump has a point on UN rights body
If the UN Human Rights Council's reputation and prestige were higher, this cynical US withdrawal would have been less likely.
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OpinionBeing a council member
Great efforts have been made to ensure that all parts of the profession are reflected.
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OpinionA safe and adequate home should be a fundamental human right in the UK
The UN has enshrined the right to an adequate home into international law. Unfortunately successive UK governments have refused to incorporate this protection into domestic law.
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Opinion7.01pm? Don't email unless it's urgent
Royal Mail's GC doesn't message colleagues in the evening or at weekends. All lawyers should follow suit.
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OpinionTechnology lost in translation
While welcoming the lord chief justice giving prominence to the subject of court interpreting in the Sir Henry Brooke Annual Lecture, the message that ‘simultaneous translation will put courtroom interpreters out of a job “within a few years”’ (Gazette, 8 June) should be treated with caution.
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OpinionA direction from the Supreme Court
‘How unusual is it,’ I was asked on BBC Radio Ulster, ‘for the Supreme Court to say it has no jurisdiction to decide a case but then to say what it would have decided if it could?’
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OpinionSearching for clarity
‘Property Search VAT confusion set to continue’ (Gazette, 4 June) discussed the effect of the decision in Brabners LLP v The Commissioners for HMRC. It is important to note that this decision has created a peculiar situation, whereby HMRC allows conveyancers to invoice postal searches as disbursements, but requires electronic ...
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OpinionHoliday claims stereotype holds water
I read with interest the letter from Paul Smith (Gazette, 4 June) regarding holiday claims. It appears that, when he is not travelling on the Clapham omnibus, our ordinary man is on the Torremolinos flight, having saved for 12 months for his holiday. I am not sure that I have ...
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SFO’s new broom
Lisa Osofsky’s appointment as SFO director (Gazette, 4 June) is to be welcomed. Coming as she does from a different background to her predecessor, we should expect some changes in approach. US prosecutors tend to be more open about their policies and how they plan to implement them, for example ...
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BOOK REVIEW: From Russia with love
The best lawyers are dispassionate even when responding to their clients’ needs for support and empathy.
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Triple judicial pay to attract applications
Eduardo Reyes’s article on the lack of diversity among the senior judiciary (‘On judicial diversity, there is little trickle-up effect’, lawgazette.co.uk, 7 June) was well observed. They need to triple the amount they pay High Court Judges and have a proper career ladder, rather than the old-school tie system in ...