Your Letters – Page 49
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QC? Why not?
I believe the open market should allow me to provide advice on anything I can get someone to pay me money for.
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Mitchell test
The Mitchell appeal is likely to provide a good steer regarding procedural infringements across the wider landscape.
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Legal aid: illusory savings
A recent experience at the magistrates’ court dramatically brought home the false economy of legal aid cuts.
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Mediation opportunity
From day one in practice, a solicitor is increasingly likely to need to know when and how to use mediation in the client’s best interests.
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No referrals in mediation since cuts
Legal aid cuts have meant there are fewer clients being referred to this form of dispute resolution.
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Costs benefit
Rulings since the Jackson reforms have confirmed time and again the importance of complying with the new rules to the letter.
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Legal training: removing barriers to entry
Training overhaul is step in the right direction, and could improve diversity.
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A covenant for reform
Is there any chance that the government might now implement the recommendations making positive covenants enforceable against subsequent owners of a property?
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Road accidents: fuel effect
I was astonished to see the claim that ‘road traffic accidents are down 20%’, due allegedly to fuel prices.
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Don’t eradicate religion from public life
I read with interest the story of a claim that for the judiciary to participate in the traditional opening of year service shows some kind of bias.
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Driven to extinction by PII fiasco
If what the brokers tell me is right, firms like mine are on the point of extinction.
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Will-search charge
I decided it was time to deal with the increasing cost of dealing with other people’s over-cautious approach to distribution of estates.
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Owners registry: not in my name
The Law Society does not speak for me when it criticises proposals for a registry of beneficial owners of companies.
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Legal sector: different eras
I question your decision to publish what is an uninformed and frankly offensive comment on the profession.
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Refugees: building a defence
The Crown Prosecution Service must be more sensitive to the provision of refugee defences.
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Calling time on old covenants
Surely it is time that something was done about old property covenants, which are nowadays totally meaningless.