All Opinion articles – Page 221
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OpinionBrexit and the European court
If the EU gets its way we will be jumping from the control of one court to another on leaving the union.
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OpinionMy alternative legal awards for 2016
The usual mixture of foul-ups and faux pas made headlines this year – here’s a selection of the best.
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OpinionLawyers managing change
Sceptical lawyers must engage with ‘change management’ in the face of strong threats to stability.
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OpinionChristmas gift ideas: legal books
David Pickup runs through a selection of legal-themed books that could serve as stocking-fillers.
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OpinionMediation today – settlement or structural failure?
Legal practitioners are increasingly impervious to the arts of mediation – but it can achieve remarkable results.
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OpinionBalfour: not a suitable case for lawfare
Courts are not the forum to rule on a 1917 declaration on Palestine.
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OpinionHate speech – privatising law enforcement
Leading IT companies sidestep potential legal liabilities arising from online hate speech. What should we do about it?
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OpinionThe high street solicitor can survive - I know, I used one
Tradition is almost a dirty word among the people urging firms to modernise. But it could be the high street’s saviour.
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OpinionBrexit: disengaging on criminal law
Far less cooperation with the EU in criminal matters is likely to be one consequence of Brexit. This is not in our national interest.
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OpinionWill patients know when they need a lawyer?
The NHS Litigation Authority’s mediation service will work best when claimants are legally represented.
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OpinionMladic genocide and war crimes trial close to conclusion
Arguments in the trial of former Bosnian-Serb general Ratko Mladić for ‘crimes against humanity’ bring the historic process close to the end of an era.
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OpinionOut to get lawyers?
The death of lawyers has been greatly exaggerated, but a concerted bid to sideline them from dispute resolution is real cause for alarm.
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OpinionWhy do we still need legal awards for women?
I was thrilled to be shortlisted for a major prize – but our route to the top should be based on ability, not gender.
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OpinionE-lawyers: a French solution for the future
In France, European Lawyers Day will be met with another move to help the profession and clients cope with ‘Uberisation’.
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Wild goose chase on tax
There are pitfalls in endeavouring to negotiate the minutiae of the SDLT regime – and I know from experience.
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Unjust Gove
Does the former lord chancellor think it is just to tell a defendant that he cannot place his case in the hands of an advocate of his choice?
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Tax hike trade-off?
The only beneficiaries of the increase in IPT will be the insurance companies who happen to make hefty donations to the Tories.
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OpinionA new jurisdiction
Common rules across civil, family and tribunals would herald the biggest shakeup of our justice system since 1873.
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OpinionSolicitors standing up for justice
Our justice system is verging on crisis. Solicitors must unite.