Opinion
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OpinionSouth Asian Heritage Month: Overcoming (invisible) emotional tax in legal careers
There’s immense pride in our shared heritage and in those South Asians who’ve become lawyers, but there’s also a quieter reality.
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OpinionRhino hide required
Who’d want to regulate lawyers, the most cussed and querulous constituency in British business life?
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OpinionA superpower based on speaking English
Promotion of UK English language-learning could help support our services sector.
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OpinionAnatomy of an endangered species
James E Hurford reviews 'The Hidden World of the Legal Aid Lawyer: Upholding the Heart of Justice'.
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OpinionLeveson looms: curbing trials by jury
Battle lines are already being drawn, with lawyers setting out to defend jury trial and the courts minister insisting that justice delayed is justice denied.
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OpinionCharting a client’s journey to court and beyond
Lewis Hastie reviews Carl Islam's 'Contentious Probate Handbook'.
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OpinionStill in the right lane
Richard Williams reviews 'Button on Taxis: Licensing Law and Practice (fifth edition)'.
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OpinionSummer reading list for lawyers
In search of a book for the beach? David Pickup shares his holiday reads.
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OpinionIt’s OK for lawyers (and Rachel Reeves) to cry in public
Being seen as strong, independent and capable is a hard act to sustain for years, especially when life throws you painful curveballs.
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OpinionMansion House: Here we go again!
The lord mayor’s judges’ dinner was held at Mansion House on Wednesday and the Gazette was on the guest list.
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OpinionSeven priorities for the new SRA chief executive
Axiom Ince, SSB, AML and ending the frosty relationship with solicitors.
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OpinionParting shot
A degree of friction between regulators is perhaps healthy, but instances of outright hostility appear to be multiplying.
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OpinionParents deserve freedom to be present in the first year of their child’s life
As the government announces a review of parental leave, Lewis Silkin joint managing partner Jo Farmer explains the far reaching changes her firm has made.
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OpinionCreative tension: lawyers and digital sovereignty
We are reliant on US companies for our digital infrastructure. The threat of potential withdrawal has led to a scramble towards digital sovereignty.
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OpinionUnderstanding targeted violence
Heledd Wyn reviews 'Extreme Overvalued Beliefs: Clinical and Forensic Psychiatric Dimensions'.
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OpinionLived experience of journalists at risk
Elizabeth Wiggin reviews 'Human Rights, Impunity and Anti-Press Violence: How Journalists Survive and Resist'.