Your Letters – Page 33
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Personal touch from lawyers is neglected
Many solicitors, after practising too many years, forget when dealing with other people on a personal level to be people.
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Support the many or few?
Those remaining in the courts need encouragement that pressures on them will not increase.
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Sexist attitudes belong in the past
Women - including women lawyers - who have children are not ‘indulging their hobby’.
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A sense of history over rule of law
Attacks on due process re-emerge and our vigilance is essential.
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Co-op alliance is unacceptable
We will sever all ties with Will Aid following its decision to ‘team up’ with – and effectively advertise – Co-operative Legal Services.
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Supplier capture
Judges now think they are within their rights to make the rules on how big the bundles will be.
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Talent management and the law
A policy of ‘poshness’ excludes real talent. Firms that support diversity initiatives are best placed to get the best people.
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Lawyers making a stand
If solicitors and barristers cannot stand up for vulnerable people, who will?
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Pulling cab rank
The cab rank rule so often espoused by the bar does not apply to hackney carriages either.
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Wrong on summary justice
The benefits of TSJ - swifter justice with fewer hearings and more effective trials - apply most notably for victims and witnesses.
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Justice built on sand?
Over recent weeks, my experience in the magistrates’ court has not been encouraging.
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Empty offences
Roger Smith surprised me with his views on the Offences against the Person Act 1861.
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Chilcot poser
Politicians who want to see passages of draft Chilcot inquiry have double standards on access to justice.
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Social mobility
The chairman and senior partner of Linklaters responds to our story ‘Elite firms accused of “poshness test”’.
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Exporting UK legal success
The government should do more to promote the export of UK legal services – how else are we going to fend off international competition?
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Pro bono donation from MPs?
Maybe politicians could fill the gap left by legal aid cuts by paying into a fund?
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When the price is right
The rebound in employment tribunal claims is occurring unevenly as firms with sophisticated pricing strategies get most work.