Opinion
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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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OpinionA heart-on-sleeve study of war crimes
Michael Cross reviews Geoffrey Robertson's 'World of War Crimes: eyeless in Gaza and beyond'.
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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.
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OpinionShow legal aid lawyers the money
Lammy has announced a £20m grant to support people with social welfare and family issues but legal aid lawyers providing similar support are still waiting for a pay rise.
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OpinionData protection predictions for 2026
Data protection laws in the UK and other jurisdictions will continue to evolve to meet novel challenges.
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OpinionSomething is going to snap in 2026
Treatment of solicitors directly contradicts the government’s overall stated aim of deregulation.
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OpinionA guide that offers confidence when advising cohabiting couples
Jo O’Sullivan reviews Resolution's 'Cohabitation Law and Practice Handbook 2025'.
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OpinionA release from prison but not from pain
Lara Bazelon’s Rectify is not a book about victory — it’s about aftermath.
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OpinionThe UK’s animal welfare laws look impressive, until you ask who enforces them
The UK's statutory architecture appears comprehensive and designed to deliver meaningful protection for the more than one billion farmed animals within UK borders each year.
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OpinionNew selling point: we are human
Solicitors have one superpower which AI cannot take away. We are a trusted human source.
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OpinionThe SRA must move on from SLAPPs
Regulatory assault on media lawyers for 'strategic litigation against public participation' is now doing more harm than good.
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OpinionRemoving Ukraine's Belgian road block
Whatever the reasons for Belgium’s position on the use of seized Russian assets, its government may be running out of road.
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OpinionPeter Cameron: Artistic Convictions
Nicholas Goodman reviews David Wootton's 'Peter Cameron: Artistic Convictions'.
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OpinionThe best law books to read this Christmas
From the classics to the recently released, David Pickup shares his annual reading round-up.
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