Family court delays fail to surprise lawyers
Mental health and wellbeing.
Pro bono: Good, for nothing
Advice projects highlighted for UK Pro Bono Week showcase a legal profession increasingly focused on strategically important advice against a backdrop of soaring unmet need. Katharine Freeland reports.
The case for a fixed percentage fee
Conveyancing.
Sparring partners
The chancellor is reportedly poised to raid LLP partners for tens or even hundreds of thousands of pounds by removing their tax breaks. Lawyers are in her crosshairs too.
Fighting talk over China spy case collapse
Asked to explain why prosecutors had dropped a high-profile case against two men accused of spying for China, the attorney general came out fighting.
Could we learn from Toronto’s £500m courthouse?
A Canadian provincial capital has built a £500m courthouse which England and Wales can only dream of.
Justice for All? The economic impact of Magna Carta
The 800-year-old charter's principles remain not only morally resonant but economically indispensable.
LLP tax changes will hit the stability of the partnership structure
Current system is indefensible - but change will have implications for succession planning.
News focus
In depth: 10 key takeaways from this year’s Bond Solon Expert Witness Survey
Majority support for some form of regulation, the use of AI and the risk of acting in high-profile cases are among the key takeaways from this year’s Bond Solon Expert Witness Survey.
Travel
Make your next London work trip more than just work
With a touch of planning, even the briefest visit can deliver cultural, culinary, energising and restorative moments that make the journey feel like a welcome pause, not just another task.
Normative legal order for the common good
Simone Mamini reviews 'A Theory of Global Energy Governance'.
Capital punishment on celluloid
Kevin McVeigh reviews 'Imagining the American Death Penalty: The Cultural Work of Popular Visual Representations'.
Genie out of the bottle
David Pickup reviews 'AI on Trial (second edition)' by Mark Deem and Peter Warren.
A hard reset
James Wilson reviews 'AI and the Legal Profession: Transforming the Future of Law (second edition)'.
Populism and the plebiscite
James E Hurford reviews 'Understanding Referendums: The Comparative Politics of Direct Democracy'.
