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Who do we trust to ensure car finance fairness: the FCA or a lawyer?
2025-09-17T11:55:00+01:00By John Hyde
The FCA insists it can deliver fair redress. But after years of scandals, consumers have the right to independent help.
Clipping the wings of class action lawyers
2025-09-16T09:59:00+01:00By Rachel Rothwell
Claimant lawyers will protest that the collective actions regime is still in its infancy and it is too soon for change. They may find themselves shouting into the wind.
Lammy’s chance to act
2025-09-16T09:54:00+01:00By Eduardo Reyes
With short ministerial stints, government departments lack the benefit of ministers who are sufficiently on top of their brief to lead. Might David Lammy be different?
Revealing bad behaviour – again
12 September 2025By Catherine Baksi
The bar's longstanding problems have been identified before, with little action as a result. Does it have the resolve to act this time?
Taking off the whole of August is the right choice for me and my firm
2025-09-12T09:00:00+01:00By Paul Bennett
The quietest month of the year means the phone goes off and emails go unchecked. And it works.
Achieving more together: Running Balint groups in a law firm and beyond
2025-09-11T10:10:00+01:00By Jenny Beresford-Jones and Dr Vikram Luthra
Feeling less alone, better client service and improved lawyer wellbeing are all benefits of using Balint groups.
A legal dream involving Reform UK
2025-09-10T09:53:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Commentators point to the emulation of a Trump-like approach following the Reform UK conference. What would possible legal services policies be if a UK Trump were elected?
News Focus: Reform UK’s plans for a ‘big beautiful reset bill’
By Michael Cross
Judges need help to counter the dark arts
2025-09-09T00:02:00+01:00By Joshua Rozenberg
Populist politicians are taking potshots at people who cannot fire back. At risk is democracy itself.
Rayner media frenzy would be a headache for any law firm
2025-09-08T09:50:00+01:00By Eloise Butterworth and Simon Marshall
In the eye of the media storm: how lawyers, risk teams and communications teams must work hand in hand
Best of the blogs - 6 Sep 2025
2025-09-07T10:04:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Don't shoot
2025-09-05T09:00:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
Some solicitors are not happy that this journal is 'platforming' Reform.
The more we yell about human rights, the less they mean
2025-09-03T14:37:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Our current political discourse is drenched in the language of human rights.
Modernising the governance of the Law Society
2025-09-03T08:52:00+01:00By Law Society CEO Ian Jeffery
Members are at the heart of what we do at the Society. We want more of them involved.
Solicitors need to take more seriously their duty to uphold open justice
2025-09-01T14:21:00+01:00By Charlie Moloney
In our adversarial system we increasingly have nobody advocating on behalf of the media in court.
Thank you, Lord Goddard
2025-09-01T10:13:00+01:00By Retired district judge Neil Hickman
We would do well to recall a memorably sensible judgment from Lord Goddard, lord chief justice from 1946 to 1958.
Best of the blogs - 31 August 2025
2025-08-31T06:49:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Will Taylor Swift sign a prenup?
2025-08-29T11:31:00+01:00By Monidipa Fouzder
We're more likely to see Taylor Swift's 13th album before significant movement on pre-nuptial agreements in England and Wales.
How to be trusted
2025-08-28T08:03:00+01:00By Daniel Sokol
The 'Trust Equation' is a helpful tool to reflect on how trustworthy lawyers are, and how we might improve.
Who polices international arbitration?
2025-08-27T00:01:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Judges and the courts are highly regulated, but this area of work - of such key importance to the UK economy - largely escapes.
How do we charge for AI-assisted work?
2025-08-26T00:01:00+01:00By Dipesh Dosani
Hourly billing will not disappear overnight, but the momentum is clearly toward more flexible, transparent, and client-aligned pricing models.
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