Opinion – Page 231
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Billing: a need-to-know change
Lawyers must be adequately briefed on new electronic billing if it is to be introduced without wasting time and expense.
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Time to bully lawyers
The government’s lawyer-bashing contrasts sharply with its appeasement of disgraced bankers and media groups.
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Wake up and smell the coffee
Lawyers can learn a lot from the irresistible rise of Starbucks and its rivals.
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PI reform scandal
The government’s PI ‘reform’ is a final nail in the coffin for the vulnerable victim left standing alone against insurance giants.
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In memoriam
John Hopgood is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Rheinberg War Cemetery.
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BOOK REVIEW: The Changing Constitution
This is a book for practitioners as well as those who are studying law.
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BOOK REVIEW: How to Grow Your Firm
A useful guide that may be more relevant to commercial firms.
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BOOK REVIEW: As In Memory Long
Legal biographies are sometimes tedious and worthy but this is a real treat.
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‘Traditional’ law firm virtues
Liberalisation has shown there is no ‘quick buck’ to be made in the law.
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Locking up the lawyers
With the rule of law under attack all over the world, has it ever been more dangerous to defend the rights of others?
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Insurers and whiplash – sultans of spin
The media is seemingly ignorant of the grievous impact of George Osborne’s reforms on access to justice for PI victims.
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Would you choose pay over perks?
Survey raises interesting question about the importance of workplace benefits.
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Merger mania can be a road to ruin
The dramatic downfall of Parabis shows big is not always beautiful.
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The UK: from empire to colony?
EU law will continue to govern our data protection regime regardless of whether we are in or out of the union.
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Gruesome centenaries of 2016
Why lawyers should remember the Somme, the Easter Rising and the Casement trial 100 years on.
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Use cybersecurity to your advantage
In-house lawyers have an opportunity to show their mettle as organisations defend themselves.
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Another big challenge for the PI sector
The assignment of CFAs is a key battle for claimant firms.
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Prison for financial crime
Confirmation of a long sentence for rigging Libor is a flash of steel at a time when the political pressure on corporate wrongdoing seems to be easing.