Opinion – Page 20

  • Wayne Rooney
    Opinion

    Time to go?

    25 September 2017

    Knowing when to call it a day is difficult. But work – however rewarding – is a prelude to all the possibilities available in retirement.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    We know how to behave

    18 September 2017

    Regulator’s guidance to solicitors on how to communicate properly is otiose since most professionals know how to conduct themselves.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    End this blame game

    18 September 2017

    No-fault divorce should not devalue divorces with blame.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Getting down to business

    18 September 2017

    How can conveyancers continue with rambling opening letters?

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Banks floored

    18 September 2017

    Court ruling may change landscape for Spanish mortgages.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Fees abuse

    18 September 2017

    Ensure survival of the fee remission system

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Changing platforms

    11 September 2017

    Most consumers are not yet prepared to instruct a solicitor online, but over time the appeal of digital platforms is certain to grow.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    ​No to ‘Big Brother’: LPAs work

    11 September 2017

    Why reform a functional system?

  • Joshua Rozenberg
    Opinion

    All in the family

    2017-09-04T00:07:00Z

    Two major family cases in Lady Hale’s in-tray may form her legacy as president of the Supreme Court.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Time to outlaw kickbacks

    4 September 2017

    Financial incentives and internal arrangements are artificial restrictions on the conveyancing market and should be banned

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Ducking the real issues

    4 September 2017

    Flexible courts is not where funding should be going.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Justice climate

    4 September 2017

    Access to justice is a key part of holding governments to account.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Short-sighted

    4 September 2017

    The new lord chancellor should increase the retirement age for the senior judiciary to 75. I shall never forget the frustration of having to retire as a recorder at 65 when I felt that after 15 years or so I had at last gained the experience, particularly in family cases, ...

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Virtue in reality

    7 August 2017

    There are advantages to increasing the use of technology in our profession but also dangers in abandoning the human touch so readily.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Thoughts on Charlie Gard

    7 August 2017

    Courts should not be the arena in which these cases are decided.

  • John Hyde byline
    Opinion

    Munby's broadside shows judges have had enough

    2017-08-04T13:05:00Z

    Senior judges are becoming ever more outspoken about the degradation of our justice system, within the bounds of constitutional propriety.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Cut out the middleman

    31 July 2017

    Claims management companies are an unnecessary evil. A ban on accepting work may go some way to restoring our credibility.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Immigration legal aid mess

    31 July 2017

    Without legal aid in immigration, fewer well-presented applications would be received.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Family affairs

    31 July 2017

    Courts still clung to the principle of the wife’s right to lifelong maintenance.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Calling for backup

    24 July 2017

    DLA Piper cyber-attack shows the importance of backing up your data, using strong passwords and educating staff on security