All Letters articles – Page 35
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Opinion
Tax avoidance is a duty
At last, some sanity has been introduced to the tax evasion/avoidance debate.
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Soft-skills support for lawyers
There can be no room for complacency when it comes to digital evolution.
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Justice and retribution
We have made some gradual progress in understanding the human condition, and we could make some more.
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Divorce history lesson
Recent Supreme Court divorce ruling raises important legal issues where traditionally the principal focus has been on ‘needs’.
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Squeezing out claims
Access to justice is becoming a qualified right which is obliged to be set against the contents of the public purse.
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Mediation worthy cause
Is it not better to try to avoid the delays and uncertainties of litigation by entering into mediation in good faith?
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Legal aid: let’s adapt
It is every lawyer’s dream to help shape the law, not just react to it. Let’s do that when it comes to funding reforms.
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Free will power
The trouble with using language to express ideas is that deciding on an alternative definition of free will magically returns it to our universe.
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Conveyancing code breaker
There needs to be some further professional guidance to aid buyers’ conveyancers when raising case-specific additional enquiries.
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Tax: avoiding the issue
It is not the job of politicians to tell taxpayers and practitioners what is ‘moral’ in relation to tax avoidance.
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ADR anxiety
We do not need judges to wag fingers at us and point us in the direction of alternative dispute resolution.
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Law’s monopoly on punishment
If punishment is limited to deterrence, a victim, or victim’s family, may consider that justice has not been done.
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HRA: show me the evidence
The principal effect of the Human Rights Act is to prolong litigation to make more money for lawyers.
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Criminal lack of resources
Government pledge to bring in more intermediaries to help witnesses and defendants is welcome, but criminal justice needs more.
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Common gripe
I implore my fellow legal professionals to try and tailor their requirements to the actual property in question.
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Surrogacy call
While the UK has been forward-thinking allowing ‘three-person IVF’, the laws on surrogacy lag behind.
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OpinionLevelling the field
Veyo board member and Law Society vice-president Jonathan Smithers responds to Gazette reader concerns about pricing for the conveyancing portal.
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Lawyers, a force for good
The City is sometimes seen as a symbol of greed, so we decided to send a strong message.