Opinion – Page 312
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Leadership have done their best
Chancery Lane’s leaders have made the best of a bad job on criminal legal aid, however unpalatable that may be.
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Pro bono disappointment
There appears to be no mention or perhaps no awareness of the fact that it is legal aid firms who do the vast majority of pro bono in this country, unnoticed.
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March to mediation
The courts are there to do a job, but unfortunately they seem hell-bent on driving those seeking justice away from the courts.
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Court reality
It should be compulsory for all magistrates to be ex-, or ideally, current offenders, so they can bring reality into the courtroom.
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OpinionCo-op: the difference a year makes
Last week’s SRA warning of the ‘group contagion’ threat looks even more timely.
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OpinionWorking in silos helps no one
The legal sector needs to operate within a wider context to meet the needs of the vulnerable.
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OpinionUnited profession can continue to influence government
New economic research, jointly commissioned by Chancery Lane and practitioner groups, will examine the spending assumptions behind the government’s planned cuts to legal aid fees.
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OpinionThe latest Euro news
Here’s the latest news I should have heard… if the cricket wasn’t taking over the airwaves.
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OpinionHow Dallas held our front page
Half a century ago, the Gazette reacted quickly to President Kennedy’s assassination.
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OpinionMistakes inevitable when you’re paid peanuts
Negligence only going to increase if firms run factory-style production lines.
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Fraud and inducements
The SRA should take the lead and investigate the presence or otherwise of a link between inducements and fraud.
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Gulf in access to justice
Thanks for shining the spotlight on the gulf in access to justice between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’.
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OpinionDiversity is about standards
The issue in law is clearly not one of aspirations that need ‘lifting’.
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OpinionOpen season on business
Transparency is all very well, but top executives have rights to privacy.
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OpinionWoman on a mission
The prospect of a European area of justice will be discussed at a high-level event in Brussels this week.
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OpinionTHEATRE REVIEW: The Scottsboro Boys
This production of the story of African-American teenagers falsely accused of rape is bold and dynamic.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Whores and Highwaymen – Crime and Justice in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis
A very readable documentation of grizzly legal London in the 18th century. Are things better now?
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OpinionIt's wrong to want QualitySolicitors to fail
Schadenfreude over QS may be tempting, but gloating does no good.