Opinion – Page 232
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OpinionCollapse of PI – time to reinvent your firm
Personal injury lawyers need to rethink their strategy to mitigate the impact of the change to the small-claims limit.
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OpinionGive prisoners a Christmas party this year
Michael Gove is excelling in his prison policy – but the Grinch look doesn’t fit.
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OpinionPeaceful protest has to be peaceful
Freedom of expression does not mean freedom to sabotage.
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OpinionRebranding your law firm
Repositioning a firm to win more international clients is a sensitive task.
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OpinionRESTAURANT REVIEW: Amaranto, London W1
Taylor Wessing’s Christopher Rees is impressed by a cosy Italian restaurant in the West End.
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OpinionNot taking lawyers seriously
Where is the evidence that making legal services regulators independent of their representative bodies will boost competition?
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Elderly People and the Law
Important guide sheds light on the complex area of advising the elderly and on powers of attorney and deputyships.
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OpinionCMC regulation – one size does not fit all
Those of us committed to operating openly and ethically should not be damaged too.
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OpinionModernising the 'modernisers'
Policymakers must focus on the legal services we need and discard ideological preconceptions.
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OpinionHM Courts 2.0: a digital future
Selling courts to buy computers is a difficult but necessary choice if we are to avoid ‘precipitous decline’.
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Insult to injury
Staggeringly regressive legislation affecting personal injury claims exposes the government’s real priority – insurers’ profits
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Migrant muddle
I read Laura Devine’s desperate justification of the left-liberal interpretation of the ‘migrant’ crisis (tinyurl.com/oryr33g). It was interesting to see her trying to redefine ‘migrant’ only in terms of ‘economic immigrants’. On any straightforward interpretation of the English language ‘refugees’ are a subset of ‘migrants’, that is they are the ...
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Not so simple
I read with interest the comments about over-complex wills. We should be thankful that we practise in this country. My brother lives in Canada and his will simply divides his monies between his wife and two children. It is 20 pages long! John Carmichael, Richard Sedgley & Co Solicitors incorporating ...
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OpinionThe workers, united in a cause
One strand of the ABS revolution has been curiously neglected – employee ownership.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: The ICSA Company Law Handbook
A user-friendly and helpful guide to the company law regime for private companies.