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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Poison Pen
The idea of police as a fount of law and order is overturned in this second instalment.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Close Disharmony
With much more tension and characterisation than the previous two works, this is the best Ambrose mystery yet.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: A Short Book of Bad Judges
Allow yourself a wry smile at this marvellous and concise book.
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OpinionTwo European cases of interest
Spain was unhappy that all future unitary patents must be submitted only in languages allowed by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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OpinionNumber-crunchers nail ‘fat-cat lawyer’ myth
What does a ‘typical’ solicitor earn? Less than politicians with an axe to grind would have you believe.
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OpinionWrong time to put justice above politics
Two distinguished legal commentators call for a royal commission on the penal system. That’s unlikely to happen.
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OpinionInnovation – taking colleagues with you
How do you keep the lifeblood of our profession engaged when you are constantly asking them to challenge the way they have done things for many years?
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OpinionFair’s fair at the London Law Fair
Next week's event aims to ensure talented students are not thwarted by 'elitist' recruitment practices.
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Flawed on fraud
The arguments advanced to explain job losses in solicitors’ fraud departments are misconceived.
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Fiona Woolf: justice must be seen to be done
As chair of inquiry, how did Ms Woolf honestly think any questioning of the government minister with whom she is on the same dinner party circuit would be perceived?
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Discharge dilemma
Can anything be done to persuade mortgage lenders to transmit discharges promptly?
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OpinionLawyers, secrets and spies
Safeguards apply when the security services intercept information protected by privilege, but are they adequate?
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OpinionEntering troubled waters
A shift in policy on the rescue of persons in distress at sea raises urgent questions of international law.
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OpinionHate them if you like, but we need McKenzie friends
Clients are facing an advice vacuum – they need any help they can get.
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OpinionEuropean court problems
Now is the time to solve the intractable resourcing issues at the EU General Court.
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OpinionDithering over offences against the person
A new consultation is seeking views on how to - finally - reform the archaic Offences against the Person Act 1861.
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OpinionTechnology innovation – not alien
Lawyers often view advances as a threat to some imagined creative utopia. But they should embrace IT to survive.
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OpinionLawyers ensure 1.7 million names live for evermore
A small in-house legal team has supported the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission since 1917.
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OpinionWills legislation remembers forces' sacrifice
Parliament recognises the gallantry of servicemen and women killed in the line of service through the provision of privileged wills and inheritance tax exemptions.