Opinion – Page 49
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Tax clampdown plan is ‘idiocy’
A new strict liability criminal offence of failing to declare offshore income and gains contravenes most legal principles.
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Guideline rates not a straitjacket
Lord Dyson’s decision on guideline hourly rates should be applauded.
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End of life enigma
We seem comfortable with the idea of assisted dying at the beginning of life, but struggle with it for older people.
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In-house lawyers are valued
Only the best, most commercially minded, astute lawyers are making it in-house.
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Poor interpretation
It is meaningless to speak airily and arrogantly about savings made when it comes to interpreters. What is the cost to the rule of law?
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OpinionCourt reforms are urgent
An innovative drug and alcohol project shows the courts need a bigger role in tackling social problems.
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Burka ban majority matters
Why is it a danger that the rights of minorities could be usurped by the majority?
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SEN stupidity
The problem with ‘joined up thinking’ in relation to special educational needs is that there is no easy marriage between education, health and social care.
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Taking offence over aid cuts
I find the implication that lawyers are contributing nothing deeply offensive.