Opinion – Page 276
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OpinionEU-US legal services breakthrough
Conference of chief justices offers a way out of the old plot-line.
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OpinionDrone on – with an eye on the law
The profession must be alert to the legal questions raised by the use of pilotless aircraft.
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OpinionWe cannot delete the dirty details
The lord chief justice wants to spare us details of horrific crimes. His good intentions are doomed.
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OpinionEndangered lawyers
As the legal revolution progresses, the danger is that the weakest and most abused clients will be pushed to the margins.
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Terror threat: principled detachment
We must not meekly submit to predictable attempts by those in authority to curtail our rights in response to the Charlie Hebdo atrocity.
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Crime reforms: modest proposals
A modest series of changes will ensure considerable savings for the exchequer.
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Religious rights
There have been many cases reported in which allowance for an employee has been ruled necessary to take account of anti-discrimination legislation.
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OpinionCourts saved by Skype?
Starting work on some of Leveson’s recommendations for the courts must be a priority.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Court of Protection Handbook – a user’s guide
This handbook on embryonic new powers in the court is in a league of its own.
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OpinionChilcot approach crowds out the rule of law
The impression left by this protracted circus is that lawyers are there to protect the powerful and wealthy.
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OpinionWill-writing and negligence
The winter months highlight the issues raised by wills drafted without the help of a qualified solicitor.
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OpinionWe are still in the dark on proportionality
Judges are quick to chop down legal bills, but we still don’t know what proportionality really means.
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OpinionLawyer surveillance after Charlie Hebdo
Lawyer-client confidentiality could come under renewed threat following the recent terrorist attacks.
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Lawyers in it together
When you come to vote this year do not forget the public and lawyers who are facing hard times.
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Training and self-lawyering
If solicitors’ skills are not being championed to the public will there be an industry left in which to practise?