All Opinion articles – Page 269
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Solicitors’ Claims, a practical guide (first edition)
This impressive guide is a summary of the issues that can give rise to claims against solicitors.
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Penalty appeal
Have any firms come across problems when appealing penalties against farmers?
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OpinionJudges, judges everywhere
There is a proliferation of organisations in Europe representing judges. Do we need them all?
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OpinionManaging lawyers
Solicitors aren’t trained how to manage people. But common sense and pragmatism can help send the right message from senior lawyers.
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OpinionSilly money and sensible planning
Planning reforms are essential to fixing the housing crisis. The question is which reforms.
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Opinion‘Should we kill all the lawyers?’
Rod Liddle hates lawyers. But the media controversialist’s claim that we live in a ‘juristocracy’ is well over the top.
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OpinionEuropean Lawyers Day
The first event of its kind aims to celebrate the rule of law and promote lawyers’ common values.
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COLPs and COFAs – no small matter
The SRA’s plans for compliance officers show the regulator is at odds with itself.
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OpinionImportant changes in law
What were the most important legal developments of the past 30 years?
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Criminal cases: losing the true rate
Pay in criminal legal aid is at pre-1970 levels – and the senior judiciary and the bar are complicit in the ruin being visited on solicitor firms.
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OpinionScotland: breaking new ground
Independence or further devolution would have legal consequences for England and Wales.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Vexatious Litigants and Civil Restraint Orders
The authors are trailblazers, giving solid guidance on dealing with vexatious litigants in person.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Legal Research: a practitioner’s handbook
In the electronic age, what does the future look like for legal research?
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OpinionBad parents in authority
Councils are flouting the law by failing looked-after children and young people in care.
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OpinionDon’t fall behind in Latin America
Too often UK law firms leave Latin American work to Spanish and US firms – they should be more confident.
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OpinionDealing with the incompetent
Did downsizing during the recession leave many firms short of competent lawyers?