Opinion – Page 246
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Social mobility
The chairman and senior partner of Linklaters responds to our story ‘Elite firms accused of “poshness test”’.
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OpinionMore competition from the bar
Bar urged to stop worrying about upsetting solicitors and embrace public access.
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OpinionGet Carta: an octocentenary weekend
Interpretations of Magna Carta varied extraordinarily over the weekend commemorations. A fine testament to its value.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: A Woman’s Guide to Divorce
Some solid advice here but the book often oversimplifies the legal process.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Forensic Psychiatry
Remarkably, this deals with two complex professional disciplines in one go.
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Exporting UK legal success
The government should do more to promote the export of UK legal services – how else are we going to fend off international competition?
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Pro bono donation from MPs?
Maybe politicians could fill the gap left by legal aid cuts by paying into a fund?
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OpinionLawyers rerouted
A system that focuses almost exclusively on the point of professional entry is skewed.
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OpinionSurveillance: judges, not politicians
Governments should never be allowed to authorise surveillance of lawyers’ secret conversations – otherwise politicians become judge and jury in their own case.
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OpinionBuilding a court for war crimes
The professional support services section of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia carries out tasks that range from the exceptional to the everyday.
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OpinionRule of folklore
Lawyers treat one financial target as holy writ. But where did it originate?
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OpinionInternational courts and lawyers
International courts keep growing, which raises questions about how they treat lawyers.
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OpinionGateley: opening the floodgates?
As the first UK law firm goes public, will Gateley’s competitors scramble to follow suit?
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Mediation advocacy: representing clients in mediation
Give copies to each of those attending your next mediation – it will make it so much easier.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Freeing The Innocent: from Bangkok Hilton to Guantanamo
An honest account of the remarkable stream of cases Stephen Jakobi and Fair Trials International have been involved in.