All Opinion articles – Page 6
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OpinionBrexit: committee member views
In the wake of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union, some of the members of the Property Section committee offer their views on the impact on the sector
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OpinionBurning issues
Robert Banner looks at the plans for Section for the year ahead, and the topics we
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OpinionRaise your voices
As we launch a new series on avoiding common errors in private client work, Gareth Marland explains why member feedback is crucial for the future development of PS
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OpinionHoming in on fraud
Nicholas Gurney-Champion considers a recent Treasury paper that outlines wide-ranging modernisation plans for the home-buying process, and a High Court judgment that found conveyancers on both sides of a property transaction liable to a defrauded buyer
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OpinionHere comes trouble
Government plans to raise probate fees is the latest move to ‘reform’ private client law. Such meddling can only lead to more problems, argues Gary Rycroft
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OpinionAn unqualified success
Law Management Section chair Robert Banner rounds up the Section’s annual conference in April
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OpinionChange afoot
Ian White explains how members can help the committee further build the Property Section to meet the evolving needs of property solicitors
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OpinionGet with the programme
Law Management Section chair Robert Banner provides an update on the Section’s work and upcoming events
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OpinionBack to the future
This year’s national property law conference looked to the future, and how property lawyers can equip themselves as technology advances and conveyancing evolves. Ian White reports back
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OpinionStructural shift
Robert Banner outlines some developments for the Section, including the new corporate membership option, and provides an update on the 2016 Financial Benchmarking Survey
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OpinionThe main event
Ian White outlines what members can expect from this year’s National Property Law Conference on 9 October
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OpinionMembers first
Robert Banner looks back at the Section’s annual conference, and provides an update on the Section committee, business planning and the Financial Benchmarking Survey 2016
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OpinionThe big event
In recent editions I have mentioned that, for a variety of reasons, the Law Management Section committee has been very short on members; I am delighted to report that we now have a full complement.
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OpinionInto the breach
Could the rise in information-sharing agreements forcing the breach of confidential agreements lead practitioners down a dangerous path, asks Simon Leney
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OpinionNext steps
New chair of the Property Section, Ian White, outlines his Section priorities for the year ahead
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OpinionStaking a claim
The legal regulators are predicting major change for the profession in 2015 in response to market and client pressures. Ian Muirhead presents an overview of potential competitive threats from the financial services
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OpinionNew year, new challenges
Section chair Robert Banner looks at the changes in the market, and the plans for the Section, in the year ahead