All Opinion articles – Page 247
-
-
Opinion
BOOK REVIEW: Freeing The Innocent: from Bangkok Hilton to Guantanamo
An honest account of the remarkable stream of cases Stephen Jakobi and Fair Trials International have been involved in.
-
Opinion
BOOK REVIEW: Mediation advocacy: representing clients in mediation
Give copies to each of those attending your next mediation – it will make it so much easier.
-
Opinion
Who is going to pay for rogue solicitors?
There is hardly a queue to pay compensation fund costs. This thorny issue has to be resolved at some point.
-
Opinion
Securing your site against fraudsters
Firms that actively manage their online presence will stand a better chance of spotting malicious attacks.
-
Opinion
Going Dutch
Does the University of Law’s sale to a foreign consolidator offer a glimpse into the future of higher education?
-
Opinion
Separate ways
Perhaps the Law Society can be encouraged to create a separate lender representation protocol?
-
Opinion
Jackson is out of touch
It never ceases to amaze me how manifestly out of touch some of the judiciary seem to be.
-
Opinion
Forensic science: unsplendid isolation
Robust, independent and properly funded forensic science services are viewed by our government as inconvenient extras.
-
Opinion
Two cheers for Sir Rupert
The inception of costs management was botched, but there are grounds for optimism.
-
Opinion
Breaking with convention
A British Bill of Rights is indefinitely delayed – but it hasn’t been shelved.
-
Opinion
PI: better to kill than maim?
A review of fatal accident claims is needed to consider an increase in awards and widening the categories of those who benefit.
-
Opinion
Will Aid promotion
Solicitors who sign up to the scheme find that our nationwide publicity drives new clients through their doors.
-
Opinion
Lawyers v robots
Are law firms doing enough to innovate and compete with the rise of the machines?
-
Opinion
Legal aid’s founding text turns 70
How the 1945 report of a Conservative-chaired committee laid the foundations of state-funded legal aid.
-
Opinion
Are fixed costs about to move beyond PI?
Momentum is building for fixed costs outside personal injury. Get ready.
-
Opinion
Relieving the tension in-house
A new report exposes the frustrations that arise in dealings between in-house lawyers and corporate executives.