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Is there a right to consult a lawyer for non-contentious legal advice?
2024-10-08T05:02:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
There is a tradition among continental bars, much stronger than here in the UK, to challenge in the courts new legislation or regulations with which they do not agree.
Bar regulator faces transparency test
2024-10-07T14:52:00+01:00By Catherine Baksi
The Bar Standards Board has an equality and diversity strategy, a race equality taskforce, a religion and belief taskforce, and a disability taskforce.
No time to lose on sentencing reform
2024-10-07T10:00:00+01:00By Joshua Rozenberg
There was only one new policy announcement in Shabana Mahmood’s party conference speech last week.
Best of the blogs - 6 Oct 2024
2024-10-05T14:32:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Casual redress
2024-10-04T09:50:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
Where the state and its agents are culpable for avoidable tragedies, ad hoc compensation schemes are not the answer.
How should law firms respond to a PR crisis?
2024-10-03T08:16:00+01:00By Natalie Rodgers
Clients choose firms based on trustworthiness and track record - so negative publicity can be disastrous.
Staying the course
2024-10-02T15:40:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
Anna Bradley has been reappointed as SRA chair for another two years, after the regulator called off its search to fill the post.
When the Rule of Law and democracy clash, which prevails?
2024-10-02T10:12:00+01:00By Richard Atkinson
Both democracy and the rule of law are vulnerable if the balance between the two is shaken.
'The intention is to do away with democracy'
By Michael Cross
Mother in Law: Breaking the ice with strangers
2024-10-02T00:01:00+01:00By Anonymous
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
Waiting-for-Godot syndrome
2024-10-01T10:17:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
What if nothing is going to change for us post-election?
Best of the blogs - 27 Sep 2024
2024-09-28T06:16:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Thumbs down to annual international legal conferences
2024-09-26T09:15:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
The model of international legal organisations, often dependent financially on one or more large international in-person meetings, is not sustainable for much longer.
Labour is committed to justice - but does it have a plan?
2024-09-25T10:08:00+01:00By John Hyde in Liverpool
Party is great at identifying problems and assigning blame - but that’s the job of opposition.
Life in the family court
2024-09-24T10:17:00+01:00By Joshua Rozenberg
Family judges are nothing if not pragmatic.
Give local government lawyers the powers they need
2024-09-20T15:56:00+01:00By Katharine Freeland
The role of monitoring officer comes with significant responsibilities, but its responsibilities are not well backed up by the law.
On good authority
By Katharine Freeland
When exactly are we bound by the SRA's code of conduct?
2024-09-20T09:54:00+01:00By Monidipa Fouzder
Solicitor's post on returning a dress that she wasn't expecting shows how the code applies 24/7.
Patrick Finucane: a public inquiry at last
2024-09-18T15:35:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
We look foolish when we as lawyers preach to other countries to investigate the murders and abuse of their lawyers, if we don’t keep to similar high standards ourselves.
Why is the legal profession still resistant to alternative business structures?
2024-09-18T09:46:00+01:00By David Robinson
Law firms and even judges can’t seem to grasp that the sector has moved on.
Declaration of independence
2024-09-17T15:04:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
It is well past time for the UK’s corporate governance framework to take account of the conflicted predicament of in-housers.
The common law gets a third category of thing
2024-09-16T14:33:00+01:00By Professor Sarah Green
The Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill was introduced earlier this month. Here is what it says, why it is needed - and what happens next.
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