Opinion – Page 23
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OpinionHonest dialogue needed on PI reforms
Change is necessary but that shouldn’t lead to barbed counter-arguments and an unbalanced package of measures.
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Propaganda as bad as the MoJ’s
It is hard to retain respect for institutional lobby groups such as APIL that refuse to acknowledge the unhealthy elements of the PI sector.
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Immigration chaos inevitable
Those responsible for increasing the level of tribunal hearings should have checked to see if there were enough judges willing to sit.
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Conveyancing: packing a punch
If conveyancing packs are ever to become compulsory again, we must learn from what went wrong last time round.
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Make sure you have insurance covered, solicitors
The brain haemorrhage I had left me unemployable.
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Law Society modernisation
Strong leadership is needed. But with the president holding no real power under the present constitution, we are stymied.
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Urgent action on Cuba rights
Amnesty is calling on the authorities to allow members of Cubalex to operate freely without fear of punishment.
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OpinionThe high street solicitor can survive - I know, I used one
Tradition is almost a dirty word among the people urging firms to modernise. But it could be the high street’s saviour.
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Tax hike trade-off?
The only beneficiaries of the increase in IPT will be the insurance companies who happen to make hefty donations to the Tories.
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Liz Truss – unwelcome visit
I am astonished that any law firm would wish to invite this lord chancellor to their premises.
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Wild goose chase on tax
There are pitfalls in endeavouring to negotiate the minutiae of the SDLT regime – and I know from experience.
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Unjust Gove
Does the former lord chancellor think it is just to tell a defendant that he cannot place his case in the hands of an advocate of his choice?
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OpinionPI: putting a premium on ethics
Insurance companies need to tackle fraudulent claims more robustly and handle reasonable claims in person with more sensitivity.
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Brexit, judges and the rule of law: make a stand
We must stand up and be counted for democratic maturity.