All Opinion articles – Page 284
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OpinionWho on earth would blab to the SRA?
As long as firms fear the regulator, they are unlikely to seek help over their finances.
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OpinionWestern law firms in Russia
The fallout from Ukraine could reach UK and US lawyers based in Moscow.
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OpinionGoogle’s legal vision
Encryption, practice management and Google Glass were the hot topics at a recent IT forum.
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Costly exercise
The Treadmill Desk has a price tag that may be beyond us in the legal aid sector.
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Conveyancing panel frustration
We have been frustrated by being prevented from discharging our clients’ mortgages.
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Work permit clarification
David Blunkett did not instruct for a work permit application to be speeded up.
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Automated response on traffic offences
Road Traffic Representation does not handle cases in a traditional way.
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OpinionHolding Whitehall to account
The MoJ has many more issues to address on criminal legal aid reforms.
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OpinionChris Grayling, scourge of the EU
It is strange that the justice secretary reserves his full Eurosceptic wrath for the innocuous EU justice scoreboard.
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OpinionHelp for Heroes? Not from this government
The coalition trumpets its admiration of our armed forces – but would take away their human rights.
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OpinionWhy the law on psychiatric harm must change
The law on claims for psychiatric injury is outdated, arbitrary and harsh.
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Justice without lawyers
The lord chief justice’s plans would have the consequence of further dismantling a numerous and independent legal profession.
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OpinionInquiring into inquiries
A new centre of expertise could establish best practice in the conduct of inquiries.
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OpinionMinister failed his own test
There is a storied history of ministers falling foul of their own immigration rules.
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OpinionSilk road to Welsh devolution
Actioning Silk Part II would strengthen the identity of legal Wales.
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Two-track Crown court: reinventing the wheel
The lord chief justice’s proposal for an intermediate court has its origins in the reign of Richard II.