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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Mosaic of clues on crime
Wrongs and crimes Victor Tadros £70, OUP ‘No readable book could consider all… issues relevant to the scope of criminal law. This unreadable book does not do so either.’ I immediately warmed to Victor Tadros as I read his self-deprecating introduction, but the laughs swiftly come ...
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Driving success in your law firm
Driving Success in Your Law Firm: revolutionising the client journey Eddie Ross and Sally Holdway £69.95, Law Society There must be an easy way for solicitors firms to be successful. But what is success anyway? Is it doing the work you want to do because it ...
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OpinionIn a corner of a foreign field
With Brexit stakes raised, English law foreign courts are coming soon.
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OpinionLet the market - not the SRA - force price transparency
The best firms are already being innovative – so why take away their competitive advantage?
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OpinionTories should be the natural party of justice
Through serial incompetence, the Conservatives have allowed the left to set the rule-of-law agenda.
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OpinionStaying out in front
A new campaign to safeguard the UK’s status as global legal centre is welcome - but we must keep our continental colleagues onside.
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OpinionHuman rights can’t be conditional on a work permit
Virginia Mantouvalou highlights plight of undocumented migrants - whose unenviable status is a byproduct of our dysfunctional immigration and employment laws.
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OpinionOpen justice for judges
Disciplinary proceedings involving the judiciary must be timely and transparent.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Life from the inside
The Knife Went In: Real-life murders and our culture, Theodore Dalrymple
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OpinionSad indictment of judiciary
Clare Moulder’s elevation to the High Court bench is not a ‘significant’ cause for celebration in the context of boosting diversity.
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Flawed petition
The new-style divorce petition uses clearer language to explain how it should be completed, hopefully making life easier for the litigant in person, and court staff. However, in respect of a petition based on adultery, the new petition may cause greater confusion, complication and cost. Whereas the old-style petition asked ...
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OpinionTaxing times
I have before me a letter dated 18 September 1967 from a long-deceased client to my long-deceased partner John Mossop. Dear John Income tax returns I am pleased that the inspector has had no difference of opinion with you over the capital section. All my life time ...
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OpinionA gilded age for lawyers?
There is a growing tendency for the current generation of lawyers to cast a somewhat jaundiced eye on those of us of an earlier time. They may well have a point. The past is indeed a different country; we did things very differently there. How did we ever justify the ...
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OpinionSigning off on LPA abuse
I was concerned to read about suggestions from the Financial Conduct Authority on removing the requirement for a physical signature on a lasting power of attorney. An LPA is a powerful legal document that allows a person to appoint trusted individuals to make important decisions about their health and financial ...
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OpinionEarly modern lawyers in London
The legal sector revolves around Chancery Lane - just as it did for Pepys and Donne.
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OpinionCardiff: Our launch pad for expansion
Wales has established itself as a centre of opportunity for advisers.
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OpinionJustice is too precious for political football
In every opinion poll consumers vote for justice, writes Sir Henry Brooke. Bach Commission’s proposals put their interests first.