Opinion
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OpinionReflections after a council meeting
Members can think those governing a members’ body don’t have a clue. But the Law Society Council meeting last week showed we are at the heart of their current concerns.
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OpinionSDT's anonymity ruling takes us on a slippery slope from open justice
Alarm bells rang as the SRA brought an anonymity application over parties named in a case already in the public domain.
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OpinionFamily's poor relation
There are still only 13 family drug and alcohol courts in England, 18 years on from their foundation, despite their documented success.
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OpinionCarr’s coded message on sentencing
Lady chief justice's message to David Lammy was unspoken but entirely clear.
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OpinionShaping and shaped by 250 years of history
James E Hurford reviews 'The U.S. Supreme Court in American Society: Historical Perspectives'.
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OpinionOur debt to Roman law
James E Hurford reviews 'Principia Iuris: A Historical and Comparative Introduction to the English Law'.
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OpinionFor employment lawyers, the M&S chief compliments officer creates a minefield
M&S has appointed Gillian Anderson as chief compliments officer. Every employment lawyer will be thinking: proceed with caution.
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OpinionCrypto asset disputes: the new frontline in commercial litigation
Crypto assets are intangible, volatile and portable but they are not beyond the reach of English law.
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OpinionLanguage problem
If a suspect remains a suspect, a victim cannot necessarily be called a victim. Is this mere pedantry? Does it matter?
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OpinionTackling predatory marriage will not be easy
The Law Society has called on government to update a 19th-century wills law that is ‘not fit for the future’.
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OpinionDemystifying the parole process
Steven Ball reviews 'Parole Board Hearings – law and practice (4th edition)'.
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OpinionLetters roundup
Email vs phone, no win no fee scaremongering and the regulation gap: your letters to the editor.
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OpinionShock, anger and lost caseloads: A chartered legal executive on life since Mazur
We speak to the law firm director told by the court she could no longer represent her client.
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OpinionThe law on anticipatory self-defence
The US has not demonstrated ’requisite imminence’ of an attack by Iran.
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OpinionAn invaluable tool
Richard Charlton reviews 'Court of Protection Handbook – a user’s guide (5th edition)'.
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OpinionDoctrinal rigour and practical utility
Zainab Zaeem reviews 'Statutory Nuisance: law and practice (3rd edition)'.
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OpinionLaw and the human brain
James E Hurford reviews 'International Legal Theory and the Cognitive Turn'.