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OpinionBawa-Garba case: a template for handling guilty solicitors
The Court of Appeal decided that this doctor was still fit to practise - could a solicitor be granted the same dispensation?
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OpinionQC status: time to cut the silk?
Arguments over the application and appointment process miss the big question.
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OpinionUnduly lenient sentences: time for a review
Further thought should be given to the attorney general’s role.
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OpinionUnfinished business on LASPO
Leading industry figures put their heads together on Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
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OpinionMisogyny as hate crime
The debate about whether to use a general gender hate crime label or a specific misogyny label is ongoing.
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OpinionCJEU dragged into political disputes
The constitutional crisis in Poland epitomises the CJEU’s widened remit.
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OpinionGet smart: blockchain will liberate lawyers
The rise of artificial intelligence and its replacement of human workers is now well-documented, but will the blockchain technology known as ‘smart contracts’ one day replace lawyers?
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OpinionThirteen-year contempt battle will extend HRA
Until now, William Hammerton was best known to assiduous readers of the law reports as the disappointed litigant imprisoned 11 years ago for throwing eggs at a senior circuit judge.
