Opinion – Page 281
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OpinionFair’s fair at the London Law Fair
Next week's event aims to ensure talented students are not thwarted by 'elitist' recruitment practices.
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Flawed on fraud
The arguments advanced to explain job losses in solicitors’ fraud departments are misconceived.
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Fiona Woolf: justice must be seen to be done
As chair of inquiry, how did Ms Woolf honestly think any questioning of the government minister with whom she is on the same dinner party circuit would be perceived?
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Discharge dilemma
Can anything be done to persuade mortgage lenders to transmit discharges promptly?
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OpinionLawyers, secrets and spies
Safeguards apply when the security services intercept information protected by privilege, but are they adequate?
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OpinionEntering troubled waters
A shift in policy on the rescue of persons in distress at sea raises urgent questions of international law.
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OpinionHate them if you like, but we need McKenzie friends
Clients are facing an advice vacuum – they need any help they can get.
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OpinionEuropean court problems
Now is the time to solve the intractable resourcing issues at the EU General Court.
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OpinionDithering over offences against the person
A new consultation is seeking views on how to - finally - reform the archaic Offences against the Person Act 1861.
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OpinionTechnology innovation – not alien
Lawyers often view advances as a threat to some imagined creative utopia. But they should embrace IT to survive.
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OpinionLawyers ensure 1.7 million names live for evermore
A small in-house legal team has supported the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission since 1917.
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OpinionWills legislation remembers forces' sacrifice
Parliament recognises the gallantry of servicemen and women killed in the line of service through the provision of privileged wills and inheritance tax exemptions.
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OpinionDBAs: a win for the vested interests
Government has chosen vested interests over access to justice with its decision on hybrid DBAs.
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OpinionThe case against common law
LSE professor Conor Gearty debunks our proud assertion that judges are infinitely wise and resolutely apolitical.
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Complaints: pressing charges
The suggestion of a complainant having to pay an initial fee, returnable if the complaint is upheld, seems eminently sensible.
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Speeding up invoices
We have resolved the technical issue related to registration on the Lender Exchange.
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In defence of Fiona Woolf
The profession should have supported Lord Mayor of London before she resigned as chair of the sex abuse inquiry. Instead there was silence.
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Paying for the privilege
Complainants should face financial consequences if they persist in pursuing unmeritorious claims.
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OpinionConfronting the constitution
The issues surrounding the future of the UK constitution are too big to be decided by political cliques.