All Opinion articles – Page 196
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BOOK REVIEW: May It Please You, Madam: A little book of legal whimsy
Enthralling tales from the frontline
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Footing the bills for Brexit
Civil servants face a huge logistical challenge in implementing a deluge of legislation to coincide with the UK’s exit from the EU.
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OpinionBeefing up the bench
Intellect trumps all – standards must not fall as the judiciary addresses its recruitment ‘crisis’.
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OpinionA welcome retreat on bad law
Vulnerable children must always be able to access the help they need.
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ABS hype is a sideshow
Why the focus on alternative business structures? Time should be spent fighting legal aid cuts.
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BOOK REVIEW: Petroleum Contracts: English Law and Practice (2nd edition)
Peter Roberts has produced a valuable contribution to Lex Petrolea
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OpinionDead in a decade? The collapse of our local press undermines the rule of law
The plight of local newspapers epitomises our diminished civil society - who will hold the parish panjandrums to account?
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Registry lens on photo ID
Maybe Land Registry will agree to registering passport-sized photos of the buyers?
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OpinionSome hints on fixed costs
Lord Justice Jackson suggests different thresholds may apply for different types of case.
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OpinionMediation, costs and proportionality
Mediation is grounded in the psychology of conflict and its resolution and should be an automatic integrated stage in the litigation process.
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OpinionLawyers and the assault on truth
The part played by lawyers in long-trusted methods of arriving at the truth needs to be publicly reinforced in a convention.
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OpinionThird-party time
Influence of funders on the litigation landscape is only set to grow stronger.
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Wing and a prayer
I am sure that county court judges now would not treat young advocates so harshly.
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Divorced from reality
A judge has refused a wife her divorce on the ground of unreasonable behaviour – and strengthened the case for no-fault divorce.
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OpinionLegal education: success by degrees
Don’t be misled – employers continue to set great store by a top law degree.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Solicitor’s Handbook 2017
This book is written by two well-known experts and contains all the regulatory material we need to refer to.
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OpinionReturning to work and running a practice
You've taken time out to have children. How do you ensure that you can be a success upon returning to the law?