Opinion – Page 24
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OpinionMental health reform has not fully addressed patients' rights
The Mental Health Bill must be supported by sufficient funding, clarity and safeguards in order to provide patients with the dignity, respect and access to justice they deserve.
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OpinionPublic inquiries: ending a litany of failures
The main problem with public inquiries is that there is no mechanism to ensure recommendations are properly considered and put into effect.
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OpinionMitigation comes out of the shadows
David Glass reviews 'Mitigation in the Law' by Andy Summers.
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OpinionA 'third way' on the constitution
James E Hurford reviews Christina Lienen's 'Shaped by the Nuanced Constitution'.
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Opinion'Policymakers in robes' who create America
Kevin McVeigh reviews Stuart Banner's 'The Most Powerful Court in the World'.
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OpinionWhat Clients Want from Law Firms
David Pickup reviews 'What Clients Want from Law Firms', edited by Alex Davies.
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OpinionFraud: Big corporates have a target on their back
A new corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud comes into force this year. It has important differences to existing ‘failure to prevent’ offences.
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OpinionLocal law societies: the profession's unsung heroes
Societies keep solicitors connected and supported - we should cherish their work.
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OpinionLCJ's diversity pledge gives cause for optimism
The proportion of black judges has remained at 1% since 2014, but the judiciary is working hard to change that.
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OpinionDeregulation is on its way
Widespread introduction of compliance rules is now seen as too burdensome or, in the case of the US, too woke. The pendulum is swinging the other way, for good or ill.
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OpinionIn good conscience – how English law developed
James E Hurford reviews 'Conscience, Equity and the Court of Chancery in Early Modern England'.
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Opinion'Told-you-so': mediation’s moment has come
DKH Retail Ltd & Ors v City Football Group Ltd shows how enthusiastically the courts are embracing their power to order parties to mediate.
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OpinionExtraordinary truths more shocking than fiction
Richard Hanney reviews 'Framed' by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey.
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OpinionFPR commentary makes for perfect remedy
Andrew Newbury reviews 'Financial Remedies Practice 2024/25'.
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OpinionMother in Law: Let the kids get messy
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionLetters roundup
An archaic silk system, family mediator accreditation and the Law Society's 200th anniversary: your letters to the editor.