Your Letters – Page 49
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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.
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Keep taking the medicine
I am aware that the government is keen to encourage those who are in dispute to mediate and resolve their difficulties without going to court.
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Bar plays by different rules
Members of the profession may not know that they can be out of pocket paying counsel’s fees when the court has determined that those fees are unreasonable.
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Regulations give guidance on third-party libels
MoJ publication on user-generated content gives lawyers a much clearer idea of where they stand.
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Complicated conveyancing
Why has the relatively simple act of buying and selling a house seemingly become so complicated?
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Gender-exclusive address
It is ridiculous it is in this day and age to address another firm as ‘Dear Sirs’ when probably more than half the lawyers in that firm are female.
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In our hours of need
Firms must give employees genuine mastery over their working hours to build a meaningful work-life balance.
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Valuing mediation
If more solicitors took the trouble to properly understand mediation, their clients would value them for it.