Commentary and opinion
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OpinionAI: Perils of 'almost right' advice
AI-generated legal advice can be a useful starting point for businesses - but relying on it entirely is a significant risk.
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OpinionLong winter of discontent for the SRA as problems pile up
The past month has exposed fundamental issues with the regulator which need urgent attention.
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OpinionMother in Law: Appraising appraisals – no surprises, please
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
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OpinionEscaping Donald Trump’s mind
Lawyers’ efforts to gain Trump's attention last week seem to have come to nothing.
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OpinionBack the international rules based system – we’ve nothing else to wear
Like my evening suit, despite its age, I prefer a commitment to the international rule of law over the alternatives.
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OpinionOn not being Brooklyn Beckham
Social media is a compulsion we carry in our pockets, and can’t resist looking at for longer and longer. It must be having an impact on the solicitor-brain.
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OpinionLeadership judge exodus heaps pressure on leaderless JAC
If we are to maintain a world-class judiciary, someone needs to get a grip.
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OpinionDoes Brooklyn have a right to use his own name?
The Beckham family disagreement has unexpectedly shone a spotlight on a niche corner of intellectual property law.
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OpinionI have seen the future, and we survive
There may be big potential changes ahead, but I predict they will not be fatal to the sector.
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OpinionSuccess of 'bold' reforms too early to call
The Ministry of Justice predicted that extending fixed recoverable costs would make legal costs ‘more certain and predictable’. So far, it appears the opposite has happened.
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OpinionTwo hopeful cases for the legal profession
The outcome of the cases last week, at opposite ends of our continent, bring good news.
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OpinionInjecting morality into international law
States and international courts should act for the betterment of humanity.
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OpinionMother in Law: The best things in life take time
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
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OpinionCould we learn from Toronto’s £500m courthouse?
As David Lammy heads to Toronto to witness court reforms that introduced judge-only trials, a chance to revisit John Hyde’s trip to the Ontario Court of Justice last autumn.
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Opinion'A stone in the shoe' saves nine - online
Now that international law has been so definitively incinerated in Venezuela, our ability to resist the tech/AI flood will be almost nil.
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OpinionHillsborough Law: increasing accountability
The Public Accountability Bill will rectify many of the problems with the current systems, but it could go further.