All News blog articles – Page 18
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OpinionMore competition from the bar
Bar urged to stop worrying about upsetting solicitors and embrace public access.
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OpinionGet Carta: an octocentenary weekend
Interpretations of Magna Carta varied extraordinarily over the weekend commemorations. A fine testament to its value.
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OpinionBuilding a court for war crimes
The professional support services section of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia carries out tasks that range from the exceptional to the everyday.
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OpinionGateley: opening the floodgates?
As the first UK law firm goes public, will Gateley’s competitors scramble to follow suit?
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OpinionWho is going to pay for rogue solicitors?
There is hardly a queue to pay compensation fund costs. This thorny issue has to be resolved at some point.
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OpinionLegal aid’s founding text turns 70
How the 1945 report of a Conservative-chaired committee laid the foundations of state-funded legal aid.
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OpinionAre fixed costs about to move beyond PI?
Momentum is building for fixed costs outside personal injury. Get ready.
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OpinionRelieving the tension in-house
A new report exposes the frustrations that arise in dealings between in-house lawyers and corporate executives.
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OpinionFreshfields move could start London exodus
Northern powerhouses such as Leeds and Manchester are increasingly attractive to graduates. London should beware.
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OpinionSales are for vanity, profits for sanity
Crude revenue numbers don’t tell us much about a law firm’s performance.
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OpinionJackson’s escape route comes at a heavy cost
Costs management reforms are far from perfect, but watering them down is surely the worst solution.
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OpinionLet’s welcome Dominic Raab
‘What rights would you abolish?’ is no longer good enough for challenging the government.
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OpinionCourts confused on CFAs
Errors in conditional fee agreements have been met with a conflicting approach from the courts.
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OpinionSolicitors and the spirit of VE Day
For the profession, VE Day marked one step on the return to normality.
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OpinionLaw should protect, not curtail, freedom of speech
Society of Asian Lawyers hosts lively debate on right to cause religious offence.
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OpinionMoves afoot on rehab
Rehabilitation doesn’t get written about much. But new guidance aims to help claimant lawyers and insurers.
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OpinionTime for insurers to lose fraud rhetoric
All sides should be praised for working together on releasing claimant data – now they each have a new responsibility.
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OpinionSupporting witnesses in The Hague
Victims appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia can get help from the tribunal’s witness support section.