All Letters articles – Page 39
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Sticking to the protocol
There may be a remedy for unnecessary delays in the conveyancing process.
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Right signals on justice
Reckless outsourcing of interpreting services, risks dragging us back to the bad old days of miscarriages of justice.
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Legal aid cost myths
Amount spent on legal aid across Europe cannot be compared like for like, because our system is different.
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Grayling: abdication of responsibility
The lord chancellor deserves censure for his failure to make a decision on how the discount rate should be set under the Damages Act 1996.
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SRA roll play
My name was, without notice, removed from the roll and then, six months later, without prior notice, restored to the roll.
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Unendurable online misery
I spent an inordinate amount of time on the SRA’s painfully slow website.
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Beware ‘touchy-feely’ justice
What is perceived to be morally right or wrong should not be an acceptable basis for what is legally right or wrong.
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Bad conveyancing attitude
Delays are caused by increasing enquiries before contract which have no bearing on the quality of title offered.
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Fighting our local corner
Bedfordshire Law Society is battling against reallocation of criminal work.
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Protecting children’s rights
Legal aid changes will limit access to civil justice for vulnerable people.
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Solicitors seeking an audience
Solicitor-advocates have been around in some capacity or another since the 1970s.
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Quaint sign of the times
Getting permission to place a sign outside the office used to be a drawn-out process.
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An exorcism of safeguards
I am forced to concede that the New Justice movement has achieved its final goal.
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CPS handles fraud well
The service works to deliver results and the public should have confidence in it.
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Complex fraud and costs
The Serious Fraud Office works hard to tackle fraud – and cases are not declined for financial reasons.
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Paul Chinnery – a great loss
In-house lawyer made a major contribution to the UK’s media landscape.
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MH370 claims
Are any English solicitors dealing with claims related to those who went missing on MH370?