Your Letters – Page 16
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OpinionShort-sighted
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, ...
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OpinionVirtue in reality
There are advantages to increasing the use of technology in our profession but also dangers in abandoning the human touch so readily.
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OpinionCut out the middleman
Claims management companies are an unnecessary evil. A ban on accepting work may go some way to restoring our credibility.
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OpinionImmigration legal aid mess
Without legal aid in immigration, fewer well-presented applications would be received.
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OpinionFamily affairs
Courts still clung to the principle of the wife’s right to lifelong maintenance.
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OpinionCalling for backup
DLA Piper cyber-attack shows the importance of backing up your data, using strong passwords and educating staff on security
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OpinionRun-off rip-off
Why should insurers continue to take a premium after the potential basis of a claim to arise has stopped? The current system is inequitable
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OpinionOn the offensive
To protect US first amendment principles, insulting terms can now be registered as trade marks – I’m glad we have not followed suit.
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OpinionChoosing the right model
Super-regulator is not ‘prescribing’ changes to the way legal businesses are run. It’s gathering evidence about new opportunities
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Opinion‘Short’ Sharp shock
I do not envy divorce lawyers having to advise clients in a ‘short’ marriage following the Sharp decision.