Your Letters – Page 39
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Entry level – conveyancing enquiries
Unnecessary pre-contract enquiries were happening 60 years ago.
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Flawed on fraud
The arguments advanced to explain job losses in solicitors’ fraud departments are misconceived.
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Fiona Woolf: justice must be seen to be done
As chair of inquiry, how did Ms Woolf honestly think any questioning of the government minister with whom she is on the same dinner party circuit would be perceived?
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Discharge dilemma
Can anything be done to persuade mortgage lenders to transmit discharges promptly?
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Complaints: pressing charges
The suggestion of a complainant having to pay an initial fee, returnable if the complaint is upheld, seems eminently sensible.
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Speeding up invoices
We have resolved the technical issue related to registration on the Lender Exchange.
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In defence of Fiona Woolf
The profession should have supported Lord Mayor of London before she resigned as chair of the sex abuse inquiry. Instead there was silence.
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Paying for the privilege
Complainants should face financial consequences if they persist in pursuing unmeritorious claims.
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Chapter and verse on LiP rights
The disappearance of public law libraries is a severe hindrance to the rapidly increasing number of ‘DIY lawyers’.
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Sign up to London Law Fair
The fair is a way to make the profession more accessible to students from diverse backgrounds – more firms should sign up.
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Abandoned spouses
Under the legal aid cuts regime, financial (ancillary) relief is dead, except for the wealthy.
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Pointless bill
The Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill is a grim and annoying waste of time.
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Curbing mischievous complaints
Time limits and fees could weed out unjustified complaints and ensure they are not used simply as a tactic to avoid payment.
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Coroners’ court disparity
Refusal to allow legal aid for inquests creates an unlevel playing field.
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On the bus to Poland
It is heartening to see such a dynamic legal market in Poland – hopefully our books helped.
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Grayling: abdication of responsibility
The lord chancellor deserves censure for his failure to make a decision on how the discount rate should be set under the Damages Act 1996.
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Sticking to the protocol
There may be a remedy for unnecessary delays in the conveyancing process.
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Right signals on justice
Reckless outsourcing of interpreting services, risks dragging us back to the bad old days of miscarriages of justice.