All Letters articles – Page 48

  • Opinion

    No mandatory reporting of child abusers

    11 November 2013

    Prosecuting professionals by association with other people’s child abuse is both misguided and sinister.

  • Opinion

    IP royalties law

    4 November 2013

    If I sell you my IP in return for royalties, and you sell on the IP, shouldn’t the new owner be bound to pay me the royalties?

  • Opinion

    Mediation drop: dereliction of duty

    4 November 2013

    The demise of mediation demonstrates a total disregard for the client among lawyers and court staff alike.

  • Opinion

    Boris led the way in China

    4 November 2013

    Based on the London mayor’s rapturous reception in China, a future trip involving lawyers led by him might be most effective.

  • Opinion

    QC? Why not?

    28 October 2013

    I believe the open market should allow me to provide advice on anything I can get someone to pay me money for.

  • Opinion

    Mitchell test

    28 October 2013

    The Mitchell appeal is likely to provide a good steer regarding procedural infringements across the wider landscape.

  • Opinion

    ​Lateral hiring is not simple

    28 October 2013

    Business case and breach of confidentiality are at odds.

  • Opinion

    ​No exception for sharia law

    28 October 2013

    English law must not accommodate sharia law

  • Opinion

    Keeping control

    28 October 2013

    The Law Society should have adopted the admirable US approach towards ABSs.

  • Opinion

    Mediation opportunity

    21 October 2013

    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.

  • Opinion

    No referrals in mediation since cuts

    21 October 2013

    Legal aid cuts have meant there are fewer clients being referred to this form of dispute resolution.

  • Opinion

    Costs benefit

    21 October 2013

    Rulings since the Jackson reforms have confirmed time and again the importance of complying with the new rules to the letter.

  • Opinion

    Legal aid: illusory savings

    21 October 2013

    A recent experience at the magistrates’ court dramatically brought home the false economy of legal aid cuts.

  • Opinion

    A covenant for reform

    14 October 2013

    Is there any chance that the government might now implement the recommendations making positive covenants enforceable against subsequent owners of a property?

  • Opinion

    Legal training: removing barriers to entry

    14 October 2013

    Training overhaul is step in the right direction, and could improve diversity.

  • Opinion

    Legal sector: different eras

    07 October 2013

    I question your decision to publish what is an uninformed and frankly offensive comment on the profession.

  • Opinion

    Will-search charge

    07 October 2013

    I decided it was time to deal with the increasing cost of dealing with other people’s over-cautious approach to distribution of estates.

  • Opinion

    Wrong address

    07 October 2013

    I agree that ‘Dear Sirs’ is probably an inappropriate generic salutation.

  • Opinion

    Keep taking the medicine

    30 September 2013

    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.

  • Opinion

    Calling time on old covenants

    30 September 2013

    Surely it is time that something was done about old property covenants, which are nowadays totally meaningless.