Opinion – Page 182

  • Successbook
    Opinion

    BOOK REVIEW: Driving success in your law firm

    9 October 2017

    Driving Success in Your Law Firm: revolutionising the client journey Eddie Ross and Sally Holdway £69.95, Law Society There must be an easy way for solicitors firms to be successful. But what is success anyway? Is it doing the work you want to do because it ...

  • david anderson
    Opinion

    In a corner of a foreign field

    9 October 2017

    With Brexit stakes raised, English law foreign courts are coming soon.

  • noel conway
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    Passing the buck back

    9 October 2017

    Parliament prefers the long grass for the topic of assisted suicide.

  • John hyde
    Opinion

    Let the market - not the SRA - force price transparency

    2017-10-06T09:51:00Z

    The best firms are already being innovative – so why take away their competitive advantage?

  • Michael Cross
    Opinion

    Tories should be the natural party of justice

    2017-10-04T12:35:00Z

    Through serial incompetence, the Conservatives have allowed the left to set the rule-of-law agenda. 

  • Jonathangoldsmithphotonew
    Opinion

    Staying out in front

    2017-10-03T10:40:00Z

    A new campaign to safeguard the UK’s status as global legal centre is welcome - but we must keep our continental colleagues onside.

  • Mantouvalou sq 02
    Opinion

    Human rights can’t be conditional on a work permit

    2017-10-02T14:08:00Z

    Virginia Mantouvalou highlights plight of undocumented migrants - whose unenviable status is a byproduct of our dysfunctional immigration and employment laws.

  • Joshua Rozenberg
    Opinion

    Open justice for judges

    2 October 2017

    Disciplinary proceedings involving the judiciary must be timely and transparent.

  • Reading old book
    Opinion

    BOOK REVIEW: Life from the inside

    2 October 2017

    The Knife Went In: Real-life murders and our culture, Theodore Dalrymple

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Sad indictment of judiciary

    2 October 2017

    Clare Moulder’s elevation to the High Court bench is not a ‘significant’  cause for celebration in the context of boosting diversity.

  • Opinion

    Flawed petition

    2 October 2017

    The new-style divorce petition uses clearer language to explain how it should be completed, hopefully making life easier for the litigant in person, and court staff. However, in respect of a petition based on adultery, the new petition may cause greater confusion, complication and cost. Whereas the old-style petition asked ...

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Taxing times

    2 October 2017

    I have before me a letter dated 18 September 1967 from a long-deceased client to my long-deceased partner John Mossop. Dear John Income tax returns I am pleased that the inspector has had no difference of opinion with you over the capital section. All my life time ...

  • Letters
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    A gilded age for lawyers?

    2 October 2017

    There is a growing tendency for the current generation of lawyers to cast a somewhat jaundiced eye on those of us of an earlier time. They may well have a point. The past is indeed a different country; we did things very differently there. How did we ever justify the ...

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Signing off on LPA abuse

    2 October 2017

    I was concerned to read about suggestions from the Financial Conduct Authority on removing the requirement for a physical signature on a lasting power of attorney. An LPA is a powerful legal document that allows a person to appoint trusted individuals to make important decisions about their health and financial ...

  • Mental health copy
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    Action on mental health

    2 October 2017

    To retain people firms must pay attention to their wellbeing.

  • Peter noyce
    Opinion

    First-mover advantage

    2 October 2017

    Cross-border connectivity will help law firms prosper post-Brexit.

  • Jonathan Goldsmith
    Opinion

    Early modern lawyers in London

    2017-09-25T10:08:00Z

    The legal sector revolves around Chancery Lane - just as it did for Pepys and Donne.

  • Lucy lewis (2)
    Opinion

    Cardiff: Our launch pad for expansion

    25 September 2017

    Wales has established itself as a centre of opportunity for advisers.

  • Henry brooke
    Opinion

    Justice is too precious for political football

    2017-09-25T00:01:00Z

    In every opinion poll consumers vote for justice, writes Sir Henry Brooke. Bach Commission’s proposals put their interests first. 

  • Jonathan Goldsmith
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    Leave Russia in the cold

    25 September 2017

    Council of Europe must stand firm on Russia or it might as well shut down.