All Opinion articles – Page 234
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OpinionVenezuela – a lawyers’ hell
Lawyers in Venezuela need support from their colleagues elsewhere.
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OpinionTime for a legal aid truce
The government has bought itself time to come up with a new strategy.
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OpinionYour Law Society
The Law Society’s chief executive unveils a new strategy for the organisation.
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Losing the ‘golden thread’ of justice
The presumption of innocence is surely in intensive care.
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Legal diversity’s retreating horizon
Lord Hodge confidently predicts that the diversity imbalance on the bench will soon be redressed. But we’ve heard it all before.
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OpinionStructured mayhem in court
Criminal justice may be ritualised and in some respects archaic, but a strict regimen is critical to fair trials.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law
This somewhat academic, but very accessible, book examines the historical context of Magna Carta.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Court of Protection Practice 2015
The 2015 version meets the needs of a fast-developing area of law.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Smith and Hogan’s Criminal Law 14th edition
This formidable work is no mere student’s textbook.
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OpinionShould the SRA care if a lawyer smokes dope?
Why must the regulator go after solicitors who commit a minor offence in their private life?
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OpinionA little-known trade deal
There has been much emphasis on TTIP. But another agreement will affect lawyers’ markets too.
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OpinionNovember 1915: a roll to remember
Thirteen names give a snapshot of the Great War’s toll on solicitors and articled clerks.
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OpinionTrial by social media
Clive O'Connell's plight shows that lawyers are always representing their employer. Anonymity is a luxury of the past.
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OpinionWhen legal fees outweigh damages
Proper budgeting would be a better solution than more fixed fees for claimants.
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A slur on our profession
Accusation that solicitors are receiving ‘squalid backhanders’ from barristers in return for instructions should be withdrawn.
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Going down in the world
Against a background of cutbacks in courts and staff, what does the future hold?