All News blog articles – Page 25
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OpinionWhy guideline rates reform was doomed
Lord Dyson shows zero tolerance for far-reaching reform based on poor evidence gathered with insufficient funding.
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OpinionClass of August 1914
The fates of gentlemen admitted as solicitors 100 years ago make fascinating reading.
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OpinionCall time on the law officers and lord chancellor
If the positions have become ceremonial and are not held by senior lawyers, is it time to abolish them?
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OpinionThe heroism bill is Grayling’s finest hour
A bill which creates a problem and offers no solution. What a waste of time.
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OpinionMPs’ anger at fake firms scandal
Vulnerable people are being exploited by companies who do know better.
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OpinionAn in-house lawyer in the Cabinet
If the new education secretary lives up to the best attributes of successful in-house lawyers, she might set a very good example.
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OpinionLet’s not preserve Land Registry in aspic
Withdrawal of cack-handed sell-off plan should not close all options for reform.
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OpinionWhere’s the apology for Mitchell chaos?
It cannot just be district judges and opportunistic solicitors to blame for the mess the original Mitchell judgment caused.
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OpinionBar deal applies to just 0.1% of work
Agreement on VHCCs does nothing to aid majority of criminal bar, let alone solicitors.
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OpinionSpying on children’s special needs provision
How might the reforms being made to these needs affect legal rights and education?
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OpinionThe future of the bar is….
For all its laudable efforts, the bar is still conspicuously pale and male.
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OpinionFace-to-face with the niqab
The European Court of Human Rights never ceases to come up with judgments that baffle or infuriate.
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OpinionPII arguments fall on deaf ears
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s plan has one more hurdle to clear.
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OpinionIn search of the Inns of Court trenches
A Chilterns common still bears scars of what lawyers did in the Great War.
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Opinion‘Scuzzy’ pre-packs are here to stay
Review of insolvency vehicle used in many distressed law firm sales favours voluntary scrutiny.
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OpinionRebekah Brooks is innocent. Move on.
Everyone seems to have an opinion on high-profile trials, but justice is not Big Brother.
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OpinionInfant claims: a big problem
District judges must toe the line and allow success fees in infant claims.
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OpinionDon’t dismiss the value of students when couples split
Law students have a useful administrative role to play in divorce cases and will be able to ease workloads and reduce delays.
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OpinionCharge of the land brigade
Land Registry has bent slightly to critics, but questions remain over its future.