Opinion – Page 27
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‘Obfuscation’ on race profile
The fact that Government Legal Service lawyers should obfuscate in replying to awkward questions they are required to reply to under the FoI Act is worrying.
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Democratic deficit
It is time for a radical rethink if the Law Society is going to have any hope of retaining its present role as defender of the faith of the profession.
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Check out the fraud T&Cs
What is the legal community doing to protect home buyers and sellers?
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Failing the vulnerable
Our conduct of care proceedings involving the children of vulnerable young mothers is not working – the time has come for a review.
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OpinionWary of ‘modest’ IT proposal for justice
Justice should be universal and blind to the imperfections of those seeking it.
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Compensation culture: blame game
Someone or something is encouraging the ‘blame and complain’ culture.
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Guilty of what?
The reality on the ground is of a threatened rush to judgment driving all before it.
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‘Doctor’ title vote
Let’s put the doctor question to a vote. That seems the obvious way to determine whether it is wanted by our members.
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Equal charges
For some reason our professional colleagues feel that they should be paid ‘50% by the applicant and the balance by the respondent’.
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Interpreting: language problem
In retendering for court interpreter provision, the Ministry of Justice appears intent on foisting inferior services upon us once again.
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Damning verdict
Lord Hutchinson is right to vent his spleen about the state of our legal system – governments have shown a lack of respect for the law.
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Defence of the defence
Tony Fisher rightly highlighted the need for the debate about independent regulation to take account of our obligation to protect the rights of lawyers to challenge the state, and to protect human rights both in our own country and internationally.
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Safeguards on sentencing
Moves to cut credit for ‘late’ guilty pleas even further pose a threat to fundamental principles of justice. We should be worried.
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‘Compensation culture’ myth
If we do have a compensation culture (and that is not proven or accepted), it has been caused solely by the events of the 1990s.
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Inaccessible justice
Court users in Hertford and Bedford will soon have to make a daily journey of almost 150 miles to participate in a multi-track trial.
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Appreciate apprenticeships
I have always considered the practical experience I gained extremely valuable.