All Opinion articles – Page 213
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OpinionWorking for you
I want your Law Society to be in the best position to promote and support members
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OpinionLate night courts? I didn’t want to see my children anyway
Lawyers obviously aren’t working hard enough – let’s get them in court for longer.
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OpinionConveyancing fraud judgment should put all firms on red alert
Indemnity insurers will want to see that firms involved in conveyancing are making adequate checks.
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OpinionSgt Blackman: the shame and the pride
A troubling case exposes a troubling gulf in our society.
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OpinionBrexit: Summoning the collective will
In civil and criminal justice, there are clear benefits to maintaining close cooperation with the EU.
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BOOK REVIEW: Lasting Powers of Attorney: A Practical Guide (3rd edition)
As a reference work the many sub-headings, lists of cases and legislative instruments (and an extensive index) make the work easily navigable.
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BOOK REVIEW: Butterfly Politics
What feels most fresh and relevant in this collection is the articulation of a more radical approach to equality law and, indeed, to the practice of law itself.
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Online courts – tangled web
Do the ‘powers that be’ have the slightest understanding of how computer-illiterate are many of those seeking to access courts?
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OpinionPrison doesn’t work for women
Too many women are jailed – we need a radical new approach to criminal justice.
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OpinionSecrets and lies
Open justice was a casualty of 9/11. Now the British government has enlisted the judiciary in a shocking cover-up.
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OpinionSymbols in the workplace
The position of religious workers has not been as seriously compromised by the ECJ ruling on symbols as some reports have suggested.
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OpinionRail strikes and fat cats
Supporters of limits to rights to strike were in a minority at legal debate.
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OpinionSprawling Prisons and Courts Bill is an indigestible mess
No wonder MPs can’t properly scrutinise this key bill – there’s just too much to take in.
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OpinionWhistleblowing and lawyers
A European Commission consultation on whistleblower protection raises important questions of legal professional privilege.
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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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ABS hype is a sideshow
Why the focus on alternative business structures? Time should be spent fighting legal aid cuts.
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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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OpinionBeefing up the bench
Intellect trumps all – standards must not fall as the judiciary addresses its recruitment ‘crisis’.