Opinion
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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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OpinionClosing the evidence gap in neurodiversity and the legal sector
Why solicitor voices matter.
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OpinionThe other professional standards
There are numerous standards associated with a solicitor's personal brand, beyond their statutory obligations.
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OpinionWho’s erasing whom? – a Christmas story
Here is a feel-good tale, at a time of year when feel-good tales are expected as part of the seasonal background, along with tinsel and carols.
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OpinionLast rites for more rights
As I predicted last week, David Lammy’s jury curbs turned out not to be quite as draconian as the draft plans leaked to The Times indicated they would be. An old political ruse was surely in play.
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OpinionJury reforms ‘not just crisis management’
Courts minister Sarah Sackman MP says it is 'also about fundamental modernisation of our criminal justice system from top to bottom.'
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OpinionChristmas communiques
David Pickup reviews 'A Perfect Year? Three families. Three stories. Three Decades.'
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OpinionSeven things I wish I knew before becoming a neurodivergent lawyer
While my own path led me away from private practice, neurodivergent individuals can absolutely thrive in law.