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Jonathan Smithers

Jonathan Smithers

Partner, CooperBurnett

Tinkering with legal services market risks jeopardising future economic success

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Tinkering with legal services market risks jeopardising future economic success

UK legal sector supports a healthy wider economy, says Law Society

Losers snooze

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Losers snooze

What will it take to rouse the legal profession from its slumber?

Court of Protection takes government to task over legal representation

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Court of Protection takes government to task over legal representation

Ruling highlights rights of vulnerable people in deprivation of liberty hearings

New online court must take 'post-Amazon world' into consideration

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New online court must take 'post-Amazon world' into consideration

Access to the courts should be a constitutional right, says Legal Education Foundation report

Government is failing its responsibility to ensure access to justice

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Government is failing its responsibility to ensure access to justice

Early expert advice can forestall escalating legal problems and save money for the tax payer, the Law Society tells Bach commission

Online courts are not a panacea, says Law Society

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Online courts are not a panacea, says Law Society

Chancery Lane will 'strongly oppose' any approach that reduces access to justice

Cohabitants risk losing everything without a will

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Cohabitants risk losing everything without a will

Latest beneficiaries' case reignites debate on law around unmarried couples living together

Law Society: Firms should pay work experience students a minimum wage

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Law Society: Firms should pay work experience students a minimum wage

JLD chair: In some cases, candidates we heard from appear to have been taken advantage of

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