Your Letters – Page 51
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Opinion
No LiP service
I was interested by John Hyde’s article, ‘Law graduate venture aims to help LiPs’ (Gazette, 22 July).
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In-house path
Recently, the Gazette published two pieces about the legal career path from two different angles. The first, a 2 August article entitled ‘Students “pessimistic” about training contracts’, provided an analysis of the oversupply of graduates compared with the number of training contracts. The second, a blog entitled ‘Later start to ...
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Taxing reply
?clearThe amusing letters on getting lost in the High Court’s maze of corridors reminded me of a terse meeting with a taxing master in the late 1970s.
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Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is again in the news following the suicide of a girl hounded by ‘trolls’ on a social networking site. Her parents have demanded action against the site and are asking the government to regulate similar sites. Imposing sanctions against one site may make a small difference, if they are ...
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Poorly prepared judges
I am a commercial litigator of some 44 years’ experience and I work in civil courts all over the country. I have noticed over recent years that, with all the problems facing our civil justice system, the efficiency of our judges is rapidly diminishing in one particular area of courtroom ...
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Credit to Birkenhead court
I am writing to highlight a procedure adopted by our local county court in detailed assessment proceedings. When making an application for detailed assessment, we have to provide an estimated length of hearing which, in view of some of the creative arguments from opponents, has to be at least three ...
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No publicity for ‘show trials’
Michael Mansfield promotes another of his commissions and tribunals, this time in relation to Lewisham Hospital.
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Opinion
In breach of Magna Carta?
Clause 29 of Magna Carta is still in force. You can look it up on www.legislation.gov.uk. The final sentence reads: ‘We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.’ Does that not mean that the charging of court and tribunal ...
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Preparation of wills should be left to solicitors
The article by Marie Granby raised a wry smile.
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Low-level claims: pulling in opposite directions
If on my way to work tomorrow I was struck by a car and rendered tetraplegic
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Small claims: happy to oblige
The rapacity of the insurance industry is matched only by its effrontery.
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Insurance premium woe
After RTA Portal fixed costs were slashed to £500 in exchange for a promise by insurers that motor premiums would be reduced, I was disappointed but not in the least surprised when I received my motor insurance renewal quote today. It has increased by £80.
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Surcharge sham
Joshua Rozenberg is right to rail against the swingeing increase in compulsory victim surcharges.
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Opinion
Missing Link
Until recently, periodic surveys revealed overwhelming satisfaction with services provided by solicitors, and dishonesty was reported and hopefully occurred very infrequently – when we were professionals, in other words. Could recent reports expressing contrary views be linked to the commoditisation of our profession – to say nothing of the complaints ...
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Profession name change
We share with members of the oldest profession the use of the word ‘client’
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Repaying a debt
Armed Forces Legal Action is a nationwide initiative calling on law firms across the UK to provide members of the armed forces community one-third off legal fees. Its aim is to benefit serving personnel and those who have served within two years of engaging the law firm. It also seeks ...