Opinion – Page 13
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‘Safe keeping’ unsound
As a long-retired solicitor I was approached recently by an old friend and client. He wanted to know what the words ‘safe keeping’ meant. I was intrigued and he explained.
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Levy breaks
The SRA has announced that the Compensation Fund levy for firms will be increased.
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Under pressure
When I enter my offices I see doors marked ‘COLP’, ‘COFA’, ‘MLRO’ and the recently added ‘DPO’.
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Legal aid u-turn is welcome - but there is more to do
At the Children’s Society we are determined that no child will be left in legal limbo.
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Fairness and injured people
The basis for PI reform is completely without merit, yet the government has been intransigent.
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Easy does it in the modern office
The other day, as I paid a visit to the old firm, a sepulchral calm appeared to have descended on the family department.
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Revered leader
‘Slow to anger, swift to praise.’ The line from Tennyson came to mind on having learned of past-president Paul Marsh’s death.
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We’re all colleagues
When in practice, I occasionally received responses to letters from French avocats, who began their response with ‘Chere Maître’.
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Misleading advice on advance care planning risks the ‘professionalisation’ of death
In recent years much-needed attention has been drawn to the importance of people recording their wishes for future medical care in the event that they lose the ability to make decisions for themselves.
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Price is right but what about quality?
The Crown Commercial Service’s recently launched tendering process for legal services to the ‘wider public service’.
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No need to browse for business
My firm does not have a website and neither does it intend to do so.
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Leftist infection
The Judicial Appointments Commission and the system for appointment of QCs have both been infected by leftist policy.
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More must be done for exonerees
Justice has long argued that the compensation regime for wrongful convictions is inadequate.
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A role for private prosecutions
Private prosecutions offer an important alternative for obtaining justice.
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Birmingham lessons
I have tried hard to promote the cause of the families of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombing victims.
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Technology lost in translation
While welcoming the lord chief justice giving prominence to the subject of court interpreting in the Sir Henry Brooke Annual Lecture, the message that ‘simultaneous translation will put courtroom interpreters out of a job “within a few years”’ (Gazette, 8 June) should be treated with caution.
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Holiday claims stereotype holds water
I read with interest the letter from Paul Smith (Gazette, 4 June) regarding holiday claims. It appears that, when he is not travelling on the Clapham omnibus, our ordinary man is on the Torremolinos flight, having saved for 12 months for his holiday. I am not sure that I have ...