Hold your fire, Lord Chancellor

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The Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, plans to reduce costs by limiting legal aid and the green form scheme. Those too poor to pay legal fees will be expected to find the money or not pursue their rights. Research shows that 73% of those injured in accidents do not claim for compensation, partly because of the expense. Proposals for alternatives to adversarial court procedures should be considered for cost savings before cutting legal aid. The Law Society has gained the right to a judicial review of the Lord Chancellor's regulations.

United Kingdom, Research, Laws, regulations and rules, Finance, Procedure (Law), Law Society, Legal aid, Mackay, James Peter Hymers

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Draw a lace veil over the Lord Chancellor

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There has been extensive media coverage of the fact that UK Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine chose extremely expensive curtains, wallpaper and other fittings for his official apartment in the House of Lords. It should be recognized that Lord Irvine has a right to personal privacy, and that details of this kind should not have been released. His apartment is a piece of the UK's national heritage, and it is therefore appropriate that money should be invested in decorating it.

Column, Homes and haunts, Irvine, Alexander Andrew Mackay

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Lord McGregor of Durris

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Social scientist Lord McGregor of Durris served as a gunner in the second world war, later being seconded to the War Office and the Ministry of Agriculture. He studied Economic History at the London School of Economics after the war, and was appointed to a lectureship at Bedford College in 1947. He was head of department between 1964 and 1977, and gained a strong reputation as a social scientist. He was greatly admired for his intellectual energy and enthusiasm.

Obituary, Social scientists, McGregor, Oliver Ross

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