Opinion – Page 16
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OpinionCommercially insensitive
The precedence given to business principles in the running of public services cannot be correct and risks eroding the rule of law.
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OpinionDream realised
The First 100 Years Project wants to see more women in the profession’s leadership positions.
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OpinionBoard decision
If victims are to have reader access to challenge Parole Board decisions, offenders must too.
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OpinionIn for the long haul
The goal of a rapid exchange of contracts must not come at the expense of sacrificing the long-term preservation of our clients’ interests.
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OpinionHome truths in the workplace
Insurers require full disclosure - what does it mean for solicitors if they don’t get it?
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OpinionMunby leaves family justice in reassuring hands
Sir Andrew McFarlane will become president of the family division in July.
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OpinionOver-packaged LPAs
I read with interest Philip Evans’ 16 April letter (‘A better way for an LPA’). He suggested a single-page certificate similar to a grant of probate as proof of a lasting power of attorney, to avoid the lengthy work involved in certifying current powers.
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OpinionWindrush compensation
The targeting and detaining of undocumented Caribbean migrants who (it must be not be forgotten) were invited to work in the UK, and have been living, working, raising families, paying taxes and collecting pensions since the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush in 1948, is grossly unconscionable, divisive and utterly disgraceful.
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OpinionFamily courts can deter people threatened with being outed
Following celebrity revelations of HIV status, a solicitor relates her experience of representing a client who successfully applied for a non-molestation order.
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OpinionJackson reform conundrum
Much heartache could have been avoided in the reform of civil justice had more notice been taken of our experience of everyday logjams.