All News blog articles – Page 28
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PI: ethics no use without money
Client incentives damage the profession – but advertising is essential.
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LCJ wants to escape ‘the dead hand of tradition’
Legal aid reforms threaten the rule of law and democracy, says the lord chief justice. But he has thought of some solutions.
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A magisterial rebuttal
The senior judiciary’s demolition of proposals to reform court fees is a classic of its type.
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Serfdom at 70 and the rule of law
Campaigners against justice cuts should claim Margaret Thatcher’s guru as an ally.
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Who are you kidding, Mr Grayling?
The lord chancellor’s criminal legal aid reforms will destroy access to justice. He must think again.
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Have your say on Jackson
Don’t just moan about it; tell the CJC where the reforms aren’t working.
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Referral fee ban failing on all fronts
LASPO was supposed to end the compensation culture – if anything it’s made it worse.
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Land Registry: let’s have a broader view
Plan to turn the registry into a ‘service delivery company’ deserves greater scrutiny.
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Court artists are best at showing the truth
TV cameras will never be able to match the kinetic accuracy of artists’ sketches.
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Why it’s right to be wary of outsourcing
Outsourcing to the private sector is not necessarily the solution to public sector problems.
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Threadbare prospects for criminal silks
Why are so many criminal advocates still applying to become QCs?
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When will sweet Thames run softly again?
The UK government has its knuckles rapped for failing to meet its obligations under the Aarhus Convention.
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Budgeting: what will the new limit be?
What level will the new exemption for costs budgeting in the Commercial Court be set at?
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Common cause for lawyers and historians
Both lawyers and historians should offer a check on law-makers’ accounts of the past.
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Hideously diverse?
The identity politics ‘industry’ can be shrill and irritating, but surely the SRA is right to find out how the profession is comprised.
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Welcome common sense over wills errors
The sensible approach to mistakes in wills is at odds with the harsh line on procedural errors.
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For want of a fee, justice was lost
Collapsing trials will show the MoJ’s fee cuts are a false economy.
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‘We talk of peace, but they shoot at us’
Lawyers in Colombia still face danger from the army each day but ‘misinformation’ leaks out.