Opinion – Page 15
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OpinionJustice needs protecting
The appointment of yet another lord chancellor is indicative of the low regard in which the present administration holds the role of justice secretary.
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OpinionBranch finder
In reponse to Kate Neil’s article on banking for lawyers, Angela Jackson finds that ‘the credit controller who knew his customers’ is alive and well.
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OpinionHidden abuse of power
With bullying rife at the highest level, the partnership structure needs an overhaul; until then the profession is unfit for purpose
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OpinionFull disclosure – at last?
Criminal lawyers will have been horrified by the revelations about non-disclosure of evidence helpful to the defence.
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OpinionWhen bail plea stalled
I noticed with interest a Gazette piece on the perils of deploying humour in court. I once represented a somewhat obnoxious client in the local magistrates’ court.
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OpinionCrumbling patriarchy
Events at the Presidents Club Charity Dinner serve to highlight yet again the uneven playing field encountered by women at work
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Equal pay disparity
What legal remedies are available for those who have suffered pay discrimination at the hands of their employers?
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OpinionTime to resurrect Justice
After the government reshuffled its ‘middle-ranking’ justice secretary, David Gauke should act now to restore the role of lord chancellor
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OpinionEnd divorce marketing puff
I am a card-carrying member of the Co-op. Nevertheless, I cannot be the only one taken aback by its claim over launching its ‘new online divorce service’ (news, 16 January).
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OpinionRed-faced over new job offer
Your recent articles and letters about notifying trainees of whether they will be offered a post with the firm after completing their training contract brings back a memory which, at the time, made me want the earth to swallow me up whole.
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OpinionPrice of ambition
Trainee solicitors should not be penalised for looking for jobs elsewhere if their current firm waits until the last minute to offer them a position.
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OpinionOffice politics
The appointment of a lawyer lord chancellor is welcome, but we must not forget the fact that this high office was imperfectly abolished by Tony Blair, so that our colleague is entitled to wear the robes but has no office. Should this not revive the will of all lawyers (most ...
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OpinionVictor’s justice
On referring to the ‘Nuremberg principles’ under which 12 leading Nazis were sentenced to death, your reviewer (The Internationalists And Their Plan to Outlaw War) failed to mention one glaring weakness: these principles were only applied by judges from the winning side against defendants from the losing side. Not only ...
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OpinionWorboys: searching questions
For the Parole Board to have its vital independence of decision-making diluted would be bad news for our handling of offender rehabilitation.
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Breaking point
I am sure that John Greenwood (Gazette, 20 November) is by no means the only solicitor to have suffered at the hands of a disappointed opponent. While still an articled clerk, my firm’s office was almost burnt to the ground by an arsonist whose wife we were acting for. Apparently, ...
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Stay lucky
A dignitary interviewed on the radio the other day was asked what had been the most important factor in his life – the answer was luck. Looking back on a long legal career, I realise how vital this was. I was lucky after National Service, knowing virtually nothing about the ...
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OpinionSpectre of discrimination
Legal aid quango seems to have decided that some sections of the profession, although qualified, cannot undertake work in criminal law
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OpinionLand consent problem solved
I had a similar query to R.M. Napier (‘Land consent conundrum’, letters, 4 December) in ascertaining how to approach a covenant restrictive of the user of a property that I was purchasing for a client.I accordingly searched online for ‘release of restrictive covenant HMLR’ and, lo and behold, a Land ...
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Court is no laughing matter
While it is always dangerous to underestimate how seriously a court may view your case, it can be equally risky to make a joke, however well-intentioned.