All Opinion articles – Page 201
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BOOK REVIEW: Crash Course: To Hell in a Handcart
Despite some mistakes this is a gripping and promising first novel.
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OpinionTies that bind
One area of law that highlights the daunting complexities of Brexit is data protection.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Black Panther: The trials and abductions of Donald Neilson
Ex-law tutor Gordon Lowe brilliantly portrays the criminal mind.
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OpinionThe future for solicitor regulation
It is clear from the first few weeks of the year that familiar themes will dominate the discussion around regulation in 2017.
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OpinionDiscount rate saga drags on
The lord chancellor’s procrastination does not bode well. Insurers are stalling a long-overdue change.
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Propaganda as bad as the MoJ’s
It is hard to retain respect for institutional lobby groups such as APIL that refuse to acknowledge the unhealthy elements of the PI sector.
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OpinionA doomed legal sector? Not according to the stats
We may have convinced ourselves this is a profession in terminal decline. But the figures say the opposite.
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OpinionJudicial independence: media circus moves on
Pro-Brexit tabloids renew their assault on legal ‘elite’ – but this time it feels tokenistic.
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OpinionLegal services at forefront of Global Britain
I am working to ensure our legal services sector remains an economic powerhouse when we leave the European Union, writes lord chancellor Elizabeth Truss.
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OpinionTurkey and the rule of law
Erdogan wants his control of the legal system built into the very architecture of the state.
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OpinionDetention dilemma
Ministers will be worried by last week’s Supreme Court judgments in claims against the MoD. But it could have been worse.
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OpinionJustice cooperation and Brexit
It is good to see cooperation in criminal justice on the prime minister's Brexit agenda, but it is in our interests that this includes civil justice too.
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Opinion‘Super-exam’ is an article of blind faith
A new ‘super-exam’ is designed to open up the profession, but there is no evidence it will.
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BOOK REVIEW: Times Change – Before the Children Act
At times this procedure-heavy novel reads like a law school case study.
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BOOK REVIEW: COLPs Toolkit (2nd edition)
This book is a toolkit complete with draft policies, checklists and procedures, all on a CD.
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OpinionA lecture from HSBC on the rule of law? That’s a tough sell
The Bingham Centre’s high-rolling GC network is well-intentioned, but it has an image problem.