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Legal aid must not be replaced with 'no win, no fee' deals
03 09 2010

Legal aid is flawed but access to justice must not be left to the whim of the free market

"Roughed up by the police on Saturday night? If so, ring us for 'no win, no fee' advice ..." In recent years, we have become all too familiar with crass ads run by claims companies and lawyers trying to drum up cases run on "no win, no fee", or conditional fee agreements (CFAs), to use the technical term.

So far, such arrangements have been largely restricted to routine accident...

 
Complaints? I've had a few | PS Newis
03 09 2010

In our modern service economy, the customer is supposed to be king. Nobody seems to have told the firms I've been dealing with

Do you complain? Do you take goods back to the shop, or ask to see the manager if you are dissatisfied? A growing number of people do: they complain about their mortgages,...

 
Bargain netbooks bite back at Apple
03 09 2010

There are bargains to be had for netbook shoppers on a budget, says Marc Lockley

Last week's article regarding the Apple MacBook sparked a fiery debate...

 
Caroline Mason, chief operating officer Charity Bank
03 09 2010

As Investing for Good merges with Charity Bank, Caroline Mason describes her conversion from career banker to champion of social investment

Superheroes sparked Caroline Mason's conversion from career banker to champion of social investment. As the...

 
House prices: Heading south | Editorial
02 09 2010

By the turn of this year, the housing market was enjoying a very fragile recovery, but in the last few months it has begun to suffer a relapse

Let us start with two propositions. First, house prices are going down. And second, that is a very good thing.

The first proposition is riskier to make but rather more straightforward – because if you...

 
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