All Opinion articles – Page 189
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OpinionLosing the plot on fees
Developers’ lawyers are getting away with extortionate engrossment fees which are at odds with rules justifying charges to clients.
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OpinionGuide to ill-gotten gains
Adrian Lower reviews the fifth edition of Millington and Sutherland Williams on The Proceeds of Crime.
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OpinionPolice training
Tony N Guise writes his expereince of the prosecution process following a recent Gazette article.
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OpinionSidestepping Strasbourg
Landmark judgment in Worboys case shows our human rights legislation is working as it should.
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OpinionDay of reckoning for Turkey's persecution
Joint event to debate ways of providing effective legal remedies to thousands of arrests in wake of 2016 coup.
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OpinionData protection bill must not take migrants' rights away
Government is proposing to remove protections that could be be a matter of life and death in asylum cases.
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OpinionWhy is an error a ‘blunder’?
Cartoonish language should be avoided when discussing medical negligence if we are to move to a truly transparent learning culture.
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OpinionBase reform on fact not whim
Qamar Anwar calls for a debate about how personal injury victims are treated and the way in which insurers operate.
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OpinionBuilding blocks of learning
Joshua Pugsley reviews Russell Hewitson’s Residential Conveyancing Practice: a guide for support staff and paralegals, published by Law Society Publishing.
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OpinionClean-living manifesto
David Pickup reviews Environmental Law: a very short introduction by Elizabeth Fisher.
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OpinionWales: a timely Commission
Solicitors can help put Wales at the forefront of justice, writes former LCJ Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd.
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OpinionFluid concern
Neil Somerfield raises concerns over mandatory gender titles in county courts.
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OpinionFollow France on disclosure
Judges should be given an active, semi-inquisitorial role to resolve current problems.
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OpinionState of the union: Keeping solicitors in focus
Video pilots are all very well but the lawyer’s participation in hearings must not be overlooked
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OpinionCovering the cost of legal aid deficiencies
Access to justice concerns often centre around the most vulnerable, but we should not forget about the 'just about managing' families.
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OpinionThe likely Brexit outcome for solicitors
What will the future look like for solicitors in a post-Brexit Britain?