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Data overload
2026-08-07T10:01:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
We’re not quite into the ‘silly season’, even though the first coils of tumbleweed are drifting across the legal media beat.
Equal partnership on divorce
2026-08-06T07:47:00+01:00By Dr Sharon Thompson
Why White v White still matters for reform today.
Moment of truth
2026-08-04T14:29:00+01:00By Eduardo Reyes
Do lawyers and their regulators know what drives positive and negative conduct choices?
'The legal profession continues to benefit from greater diversity'
2026-08-04T11:10:00+01:00By Nazmin Choudhury
Nazmin Choudhury on her journey into the profession and how her South Asian heritage has influenced her approach to work.
City firms must be alive to profit levy threat
2026-08-03T08:50:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
What are the consequences of economic inequality in the profession?
Best of the blogs - 2 August 2026
2026-08-01T05:59:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Out Of Office? How many of us are still sneaking a look at emails?
2026-07-31T10:57:00+01:00By John Hyde
The temptation is strong, but maybe one simple tactic can keep work issues away.
An MoJ out of kilter with underlying reality
2026-07-29T10:00:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
How often do we have to recite the economic contribution of solicitors to the economy before our importance is reflected in public and government life?
Tax and spend?
2026-07-27T14:42:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
Is Alex Norris MP the most left-wing lord chancellor and justice secretary yet? Could well be.
Is the SQE failing the next generation?
2026-07-27T14:02:00+01:00By Yulia Barnes
Some candidates now pass their assessments and arrive in practice visibly surprised by what is expected.
Mother in Law: Leaders and healers, feared by weak men
2026-07-26T09:00:00+01:00By Anonymous
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
Best of the blogs - 24 July 2026
2026-07-25T16:22:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Are clients more likely to try to avoid family court or is it business as usual?
2026-07-23T13:26:00+01:00By Jo O’Sullivan
Two years ago, new family proceedings rules arrived to encourage the use of non-court dispute resolution. Jo O'Sullivan explores whether things have changed.
More turbulence from the US for the rule of law
2026-07-22T14:25:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
The Trump administration continues to disturb and overthrow previous understandings of the international legal order, with ramifications for the UK.
Alex Norris's job isn't to know the law. It's to stand up for it
2026-07-22T09:57:00+01:00By John Hyde
Latest incumbent will find it useful to mull the failings of his predecessors.
New faces, familiar demographic
2026-07-21T09:30:00+01:00By Catherine Baksi
Amid a period of transition at the summit of the judiciary, it is (at least to a degree) a case of plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
An old buffer
2026-07-20T13:09:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
A scathing report of an independent review of the LSB will do nothing to restore confidence in the uber-watchdog.
A wake-up call from Fisher on fraud
2026-07-20T09:49:00+01:00By Joshua Rozenberg
Delay in publishing Jonathan Fisher KC's report on fraud is not just a sign of government indifference to the problems he identifies so starkly.
Best of the blogs - 18 July 2026
2026-07-18T05:59:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Ofcom’s World Cup intervention and the implications for professional sport
2026-07-17T10:15:00+01:00By Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh
UK regulator begins to take pre-emptive action against platforms that facilitate and enable abuse.
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