All Opinion articles – Page 272
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OpinionGetting your message across
Firms can succeed in the current climate. All they need is a clear selling point – one that is communicated effectively.
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OpinionCourts: access all areas
Technology provides the only hope that courts will remain open to all.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Same Sex Marriage and Civil Partnerships: The New Law
Far from a dry repeat of statute, the book goes beyond the usual family law remit.
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Surrogacy call
While the UK has been forward-thinking allowing ‘three-person IVF’, the laws on surrogacy lag behind.
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Common gripe
I implore my fellow legal professionals to try and tailor their requirements to the actual property in question.
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Criminal lack of resources
Government pledge to bring in more intermediaries to help witnesses and defendants is welcome, but criminal justice needs more.
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HRA: show me the evidence
The principal effect of the Human Rights Act is to prolong litigation to make more money for lawyers.
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OpinionEXHIBITION REVIEW: Human Rights Human Wrongs
A stunning collection of photo-reportage from the 20th century’s key civil and human rights moments.
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Law’s monopoly on punishment
If punishment is limited to deterrence, a victim, or victim’s family, may consider that justice has not been done.
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OpinionMissing pages on Wales
Solicitors still have nowhere to go to access the law relating to Wales.
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OpinionFriday-afternoon syndrome
I’m not in a good mood on Friday afternoons – please don’t call me with sales pitches and concerns about aliens.
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OpinionCourt levy smuggled through back door
The government has initiated ‘enhanced fees’ with uncharacteristic speed.
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OpinionLevelling the field
Veyo board member and Law Society vice-president Jonathan Smithers responds to Gazette reader concerns about pricing for the conveyancing portal.
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OpinionNo justice without interpreters
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia’s deputy registrar reflects on the mechanics that made the pioneering institution possible.
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OpinionBusiness, human rights – and meaning
Draft IBA guidance on human rights poses many questions for lawyers.
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OpinionGet ready for the trial blitz
Transforming Summary Justice should make criminal proceedings more efficient.
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Court fees: we will pay a price
Government plans to greatly increase court fees in order to generate extra revenue will compromise justice and harm consumers.
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OpinionCyber-threat warnings
The Law Society responds to a member’s concern over the alleged lack of an adequate ‘warning system’ for attempted frauds against solicitor firms.
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