All Opinion articles – Page 297
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OpinionLegal aid is still available - but don’t tell anyone
The message that legal aid remains for many areas of law is not being heard. A new poster campaign aims to address the problem.
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OpinionState your identity
The government’s approach to electronic proofs of identity will have implications for solicitors in the near future.
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OpinionGuideline rates: why solicitors must engage
It really is in the profession’s interests to make sure the new guideline hourly rates reflect commercial reality.
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QC? Why not?
I believe the open market should allow me to provide advice on anything I can get someone to pay me money for.
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OpinionNuclear vision
With the pace of new build about to quicken, our nuclear law expertise is urgently in need of renewal.
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Mitchell test
The Mitchell appeal is likely to provide a good steer regarding procedural infringements across the wider landscape.
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OpinionCultural sensitivities
Should bars lobby on issues which do not directly affect the regulation or practice of law?
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OpinionCredit where it is due
Chris Grayling’s decision not to raise the small claims court limit is heartening.
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OpinionPII - who decides who will practise?
Changing the law may not make the slightest bit of difference to the availability of insurance.
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OpinionOf nipples and nooses
Facebook is quite free to set its owns rules about what can and can’t be published.
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OpinionGovernment has fallen out of love with insurance lobby
MoJ decision is a surprise and an overdue boost for claimant firms.
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OpinionEvidence-free policymaking
Justice minister Lord McNally says policy should be founded on ‘an objective and evidence-based analysis of the facts’. How quaint. He doesn’t even appear to believe that himself.
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OpinionTraining for tomorrow
Solicitors need to be equipped to practise in a more competitive and customer-focused environment.
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Mediation opportunity
From day one in practice, a solicitor is increasingly likely to need to know when and how to use mediation in the client’s best interests.
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OpinionPress regulation: we’re stuck, please help
It is easy to see why Sir Brian Leveson does not want to say more about regulation of the press.
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EXHIBITION PREVIEW: New Life
Head to London’s Outer Temple Chambers to see a one-night-only exhibition of artworks from brain injury survivors.
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OpinionPII: stabilising the cycle
We hope to see changes in the solicitors PII market that will help smaller firms in particular.