All Opinion articles – Page 87
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OpinionPositive discrimination: the case for legal reform
Now is the time to revisit this issue to help give employers more freedom to create change.
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OpinionGuideline hourly rates: an assessment
A member of the last costs committee to propose new guideline hourly rates, which were rejected, assesses the Civil Justice Council’s final report.
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OpinionThe future’s orange
‘Cutbacks are being made across the criminal justice system, with a massive shortfall in the court service budget and prison reform groups saying efficiency savings are crippling attempts at rehabilitation.’
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OpinionMust-have criminal guide
Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod’s Text, Cases, and Materials on Criminal Law (13th edition)
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OpinionEssential Law for Cemetery and Crematorium Managers
V. Charles Ward£39, independently published Since Davies’ Law of Burial, Cremation and Exhumation in 2002, burial and cremation law has moved on. Essential Law covers a range of subjects, including the Local Authorities’ Cemeteries Order 1977, Victorian burial statutes, and cremation legislation. Among its appendices ...
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OpinionJulian Assange: peering through the murk
If Assange is extradited to the US and convicted of any of the charges he faces there, the US government will let him serve his sentence in an Australian prison.
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OpinionA levels and training contracts – don’t ask, don’t tell
I’m waiting for A level results. 10 August. Not mine, of course, but my eldest daughter’s – but as well as wanting the best for her, it’s brought back that clear sense I had of everything in my future riding on results day.
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OpinionUpfront property information – our digital objectives
The Law Society is extending TA6 to collect upfront information and improve the conveyancing process.
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OpinionWelcome to the punishment show
Government talk of ‘chain gangs’ is a new low in criminal justice.
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OpinionFreedom? You must be joking
We must defeat the government’s divisive and discriminatory plans to curb our rights and civil liberties.
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OpinionClear and crisp guidance on complex subjects
Dictionary of Financial Remedies 2021 | HHJ Edward Hess, Peter Duckworth, Sally Max, Janine McGuigan
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OpinionCity cornucopia
A magic circle partner once said there was no reason why top City partners should not earn as much as Premier League footballers. Now they do.
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OpinionWhat does climate change mean for your practice?
Whether believers or deniers, the work related to climate change is already here and needs to be dealt with.
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OpinionHostile actors
Necessity and Proportionality and the Right of Self-Defence in International Law | Chris O’Meara
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OpinionLetters roundup: 26 May 2021
Exploiting the potential of reviews: your letters to the editor.
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OpinionMother in law: Taking personal responsibility
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionAn analysis of the Nationality and Borders Bill
Knee-jerk proposals will destroy the balance in our law in contravention of obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention and the ECHR.