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To Russia, with love
2025-08-18T09:54:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Jurisprudential conundrums are not going away, and remain acute.
Best of the blogs - 17 August 2025
2025-08-17T10:08:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Can legal ethics survive private equity ownership?
2025-08-14T11:38:00+01:00By Nick Leale
Only owners who recognise the link between principled conduct and long-term success will achieve the returns they seek.
The ombudsman’s waiting room?
2025-08-13T08:19:00+01:00By Anna Newport
Telling clients how to complain not just at the start of a matter but again at the end sounds harmless. For law firms that live and die by their client work, it is a distraction.
Test of time
2025-08-12T14:25:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
Why has the chambers model proved so enduring?
Everything will change – including training
2025-08-12T10:02:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Of all those lawyers whose education will be disrupted by AI, trainees and junior lawyers are the most affected: their most basic skills are in danger of erosion.
CAT steps up scrutiny of collective action fees
2025-08-11T09:18:00+01:00By Rachel Rothwell
There is never a dull moment in the collective actions sphere.
Best of the blogs - 10 August 2025
2025-08-10T19:43:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Mother in Law: Buckling up for the teenage years
2025-08-08T07:00:00+01:00By Anonymous
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
Warning over legal aid vulnerability must be heard
2025-08-07T10:03:00+01:00By Law Society president Richard Atkinson
Firms are being forced out of legal aid work because of the government’s failure to invest.
Courts expect full and frank disclosure in pre-nup agreements
2025-08-07T09:42:00+01:00By Michael Chapman
Clients and lawyers must place disclosure issues at the forefront of their minds.
Unflappable: professional composure in medicine and law
2025-08-06T13:26:00+01:00By Daniel Sokol
Qualities of self-control and composure in doctors and lawyers have long been promoted and praised. In recent years, both professions have softened.
Open justice: more vital today than ever
2025-08-05T10:31:00+01:00By Sayra Tekin
Without transparency, confidence in our judicial system – already strained by long-standing systemic challenges — would quickly unravel.
An MoJ AI Action Plan – with gaps
2025-08-04T09:02:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
It doesn’t matter whether we are AI enthusiasts or supporters of the ‘Pull-out-the-plugs’ movement (that’s me). With AI coming whether we like it or not, an action plan has to be implemented.
Best of the blogs - 2 August 2025
2025-08-02T13:59:00+01:00
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Trying to see the funny side
2025-08-01T09:44:00+01:00By Abby Rolling
Guest Column: Sh1t Lawyer (sic)
Essential patents proposals reflect a misunderstanding
2025-08-01T05:29:00+01:00By Tom Brazier
IPO reforms should be grounded in current commercial and legal realities.
When does activism become terrorism?
2025-07-31T20:00:00+01:00By Joshua Rozenberg
Starmer’s government seems remarkably inconsistent about those it deems to be terrorist organisations.
Alternative view
2025-07-31T18:10:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
An old Fleet Street adage has it that ‘Good news is not news’. That’s a journalistic principle to which I generally adhere. Attempts to launch media outlets with a Panglossian outlook – and there’ve been a few – have foundered.
Trump v Murdoch – a claim that’s been put on back to front
2025-07-31T00:01:00+01:00By Eduardo Reyes
‘Why have you done it like that?’ asks media lawyer Mark Stephens CBE.
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