Opinion – Page 239
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Legislation: more than a numbers game
A lack of clarity in laws is not simply down to a reduction in senior parliamentary counsel.
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CLC supports and protects
Some firms appreciate the benefits of tailored, activity-based regulation that is focused on the specialist services they provide.
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OpinionLawyers learn a new language
The degree to which technology is changing law is accelerating.
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OpinionCombating corporate crime
What should we infer from the decision to halt work on a corporate offence of failing to prevent economic crime?
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OpinionA little help for smaller business clients
To their credit, judges are focusing on SMEs. But the government is not.
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OpinionCourt closures contradict PM’s equality rhetoric
Courts estate is set to be brutally pared – and the poorest will suffer.
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OpinionHouse prices and crime
The cumbersome regime imposed on solicitors to tackle money laundering is not working. The evidence is in sky-high house prices.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: APIL Guide to Clinical Negligence (2nd edition)
An essential guide to the special requirements for clinical negligence claims.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Lexcel Assessment Guide
Important guide to achieving the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark.
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Distortion of due process
Who could blame the magistracy if it were to resign en masse over an important distortion of due process.
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Net worth of migration
International students should be included in the net migration numbers, but what really matters is the benefit that migration brings.
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OpinionQuality in advocacy
The Law Society is making clear its dismay at proposals to ban own-firm instructions.
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OpinionNo prisoner of his party
Michael Gove will have to row against his party’s instincts on prison reform.
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OpinionChanging the culture
The best way to combat extremist ideology is a more powerful counter-ideology.
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OpinionNeuberger's cri de coeur
Lord Neuberger’s case histories lecture will have pleased liberals.
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OpinionConservatives: Gove silent on human rights
Lord chancellor’s party conference speech made no mention of a bill of rights – but watch this space.
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Law Society diversity objectives
For the first stage of the Society programme we decided to prioritise our efforts.