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OpinionPII - who decides who will practise?
Changing the law may not make the slightest bit of difference to the availability of insurance.
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OpinionOf nipples and nooses
Facebook is quite free to set its owns rules about what can and can’t be published.
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OpinionGovernment has fallen out of love with insurance lobby
MoJ decision is a surprise and an overdue boost for claimant firms.
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OpinionEvidence-free policymaking
Justice minister Lord McNally says policy should be founded on ‘an objective and evidence-based analysis of the facts’. How quaint. He doesn’t even appear to believe that himself.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution
This book identifies the main issues that characterise the interaction between man-made law and divinely revealed law.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Drafting and Negotiating IT Contracts (3rd edition)
Two practitioners with wide-ranging experience in the IT industry have shared their combined know-how during these times of flux.
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OpinionTraining for tomorrow
Solicitors need to be equipped to practise in a more competitive and customer-focused environment.
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Legal aid: illusory savings
A recent experience at the magistrates’ court dramatically brought home the false economy of legal aid cuts.
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Mediation opportunity
From day one in practice, a solicitor is increasingly likely to need to know when and how to use mediation in the client’s best interests.
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No referrals in mediation since cuts
Legal aid cuts have meant there are fewer clients being referred to this form of dispute resolution.
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Costs benefit
Rulings since the Jackson reforms have confirmed time and again the importance of complying with the new rules to the letter.
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OpinionPress regulation: we’re stuck, please help
It is easy to see why Sir Brian Leveson does not want to say more about regulation of the press.
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OpinionPII: stabilising the cycle
We hope to see changes in the solicitors PII market that will help smaller firms in particular.
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EXHIBITION PREVIEW: New Life
Head to London’s Outer Temple Chambers to see a one-night-only exhibition of artworks from brain injury survivors.
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OpinionGrayling faces a new problem
The lord chancellor says all the bar’s problems are not down to him. But the government must prepare for a looming issue.
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OpinionThe EU needs your justice priorities
Lawyers are invited to engage with the European Commission’s justice priority plans for the next five years.
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OpinionCOLPs and COFAs need help to enjoy new-found freedom
The SRA is right to devolve compliance responsibility to firms, but they still need guidance.
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OpinionProtest on the high seas
Sometimes we have to ask if activists cross the line when it comes to their methods of protest.
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OpinionWhat’s holding back family mediation?
Changes must be made so that more lawyer referrals lead to mediation for couples in dispute.
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OpinionJackson: we’ll hear from appeal court soon
Lawyers eagerly await the outcome of the Mitchell case, which could take a tough stance on breaches of court rules.