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Data protection predictions for 2026
2025-12-22T16:00:00+00:00By Jon Belcher
Data protection laws in the UK and other jurisdictions will continue to evolve to meet novel challenges.
Something is going to snap in 2026
2025-12-22T10:24:00+00:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Treatment of solicitors directly contradicts the government’s overall stated aim of deregulation.
Best of the blogs - 21 Dec 2025
2025-12-21T20:39:00+00:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
The UK’s animal welfare laws look impressive, until you ask who enforces them
2025-12-18T11:19:00+00:00By Edie Bowles
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.
New selling point: we are human
2025-12-17T09:22:00+00:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Solicitors have one superpower which AI cannot take away. We are a trusted human source.
The SRA must move on from SLAPPs
2025-12-16T11:06:00+00:00By Iain Wilson
Regulatory assault on media lawyers for 'strategic litigation against public participation' is now doing more harm than good.
Removing Ukraine's Belgian road block
2025-12-15T14:53:00+00:00By Eduardo Reyes
Whatever the reasons for Belgium’s position on the use of seized Russian assets, its government may be running out of road.
Best of the blogs - 13 Dec 2025
2025-12-13T17:56:00+00:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Mother in Law: The passing of time
2025-12-12T06:00:00+00:00By Anonymous
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
Closing the evidence gap in neurodiversity and the legal sector
2025-12-10T13:34:00+00:00By Taz Brookes
Why solicitor voices matter.
The other professional standards
2025-12-10T00:31:00+00:00By Daniela Conte
There are numerous standards associated with a solicitor's personal brand, beyond their statutory obligations.
Who’s erasing whom? – a Christmas story
2025-12-09T06:25:00+00:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
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.
Jury reforms ‘not just crisis management’
2025-12-08T00:01:00+00:00By Joshua Rozenberg
Courts minister Sarah Sackman MP says it is 'also about fundamental modernisation of our criminal justice system from top to bottom.'
Last rites for more rights
5 December 2025By Paul Rogerson
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.
Best of the blogs - 6 Dec 2025
2025-12-06T06:17:00+00:00
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Seven things I wish I knew before becoming a neurodivergent lawyer
2025-12-04T14:30:00+00:00By JJ Thompson
While my own path led me away from private practice, neurodivergent individuals can absolutely thrive in law.
Celebrating a decade of the DWF Foundation
2025-12-04T13:50:00+00:00By Clare Beavan
Driving impact as a community investment manager.
Mazur: chartered legal executives losing jobs
2025-12-04T09:31:00+00:00By Martin Whitehorn
There has been a lack of sympathy towards chartered legal executives from those who think their qualifications mean they are totally unaffected by Mazur.
Starting out: Opening doors early in your career
2025-12-03T03:16:00+00:00By Rachel Lee-Oldfield
Networking is one of the less visible skills we develop as junior lawyers, and it is often only in hindsight that we recognise its importance.
Putting the regulatory genie back in the bottle
2025-12-02T04:13:00+00:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
I start with a small matter, which is symptomatic of a larger one.
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