All Opinion articles – Page 228
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Online divorce – patience needed
Expectation surrounds news that divorce applications will be allowed online, but we must be patient.
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Iraq invasion: Straw men
Politicians who led the UK into disastrous and illegal foreign wars face no sanction while ministers revel in the closure of a legal aid firm.
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OpinionBrexit: maintaining cross-border rights
Cross-border practising rights must be a priority in planning for Brexit.
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OpinionMilitary claims: killing the lawyers?
Politicians and the press must stop vilifying lawyers for doing their job and upholding the rule of law.
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OpinionSRA 'jumping the gun'?
New vision for regulation should worry junior lawyers, says JLD chair Leanne Maund.
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OpinionThe impact of the IBA
What good is the International Bar Association to a criminal legal aid solicitor in Rotherham?
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OpinionOne size does not fit all
The big four’s successful business model relies on the cross-selling of products.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Death by the Arno
Some historical fiction can read like a guidebook but this novel, by iLaw founder Justin Ellis, avoids that pitfall.
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OpinionUber-regulator’s blurred vision
The LSB’s grand plan for overhauling regulation has been damned with faint praise.
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BOOK REVIEW: Children and Vulnerable Witnesses in Court Proceedings
Written in plain English in a sympathetic tone, evidencing the writer’s significant experience.
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OpinionConstitutional monstrosity
Whatever the fate of Phil Shiner, the Legal Aid Agency has to go.
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‘Industry’ demeans lawyers
The use of the word ‘industry’ as a descriptor for the profession demeans not only the profession itself but also the professionals.
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Unclear on transparency
How much more transparent can solicitors be? We have always been required to give clients an estimate of likely costs at the outset.
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OpinionFinally, a judgment we can all understand
I don’t want the law to be dumbed down, just made more manageable.
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OpinionBrexit: maintaining cross-border dispute regulations
Post-Brexit trade rules must not imperil more than £500bn of British business.
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OpinionPrivatising family law by the back door
Private financial dispute resolution hearings - a BUPA to the courts’ NHS - are thriving.
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OpinionTTIP, globalisation and lawyers
It is timely to contemplate what the retreat from globalisation might mean for our profession.
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