Opinion – Page 295
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OpinionGrayling should embrace the fourth revolution
The lord chancellor’s Public Defender Service strategy illustrates the tendency of the state to grow, no matter what.
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OpinionPortal problems
Defendants complain of behaviour deliberately designed to avoid EL/PL portal.
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OpinionDefence costs: an elegant solution
Why not use City fines to pay the defence in serious fraud cases?
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OpinionDevelopment: new set of goals
Lend your voice to help make the rule of law an integral part of the post-2015 international development agenda.
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End this interpreters farce
There has been a stream of irrefutable evidence about a plummeting in standards ever since the MoJ insisted on the new framework agreement.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Law Firm Marketing Toolkit
Generating personalised output is the point of the DIY format here, which aims to spawn ideas for progressing marketing efforts.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Children In Need, local authority support for children and families
A sound introduction to the obligations of local authorities to vulnerable children and their families under the Children Act 1989.
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OpinionMixed picture on whiplash
The success of the Jackson reforms in cutting motor claims is far from clear-cut.
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OpinionResponding to the ‘right to be forgotten’
Huge issues face the EU - not least the ‘right to be forgotten’ problem - and lawyers must meet them with decisiveness.
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OpinionGoogle and the content conundrum
Becoming more visible online is difficult for solicitors – but outsourcing is not the only way to achieve increased hits.
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OpinionIt’s impossible to solve the Mitchell riddle
Jackson wanted consistency; lawyers want common sense. The two are incompatible.
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OpinionNot one of the ‘pusillanimous’
Nigerian human rights lawyer Rommy Mom asked awkward questions and paid the price.
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OpinionEuro elections and lawyers
Despite some huge national upsets in the European elections, the issues affecting lawyers remain the same.
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OpinionCotton and compromise
The criminal justice system requires a sensible resolution of the VHCC fee cut impasse.
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Justice dismembered
It is difficult to comprehend the twisted logic which has resulted in the removal of legal representation from many of the population.
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Let the market be the jury
The public is capable of distinguishing the ‘wheat from the chaff’ – even when it comes to advocacy.
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Reality check on cutbacks
It is time that the higher judiciary had a look at the real world created by insane cutbacks.