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Seven key takeaways from the SRA’s justice committee grilling
2026-04-16T11:33:00+01:00By John Hyde
It wasn’t always comfortable, but SRA leaders gave glimpses of their aims and priorities.
Lawyers and the Panama Papers – 10 years later
2026-04-14T15:16:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Back in 2016, I was both wrong and right about what I predicted the consequences would be for lawyers.
When travel plans go West
2026-04-14T10:01:00+01:00By Gary McIndoe
How should Home Office powers be exercised in high-profile cases?
Best of the blogs -11 April 2026
2026-04-11T06:49:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Mazur’s watching brief
2026-04-10T08:33:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
I asked a well-known solicitor toiling at a regional full-service firm how the Court of Appeal’s landmark decision in Mazur (In Focus, p8-9) has been interpreted in the ‘boardroom’.
Mother in Law: The screen time debate
2026-04-10T07:00:00+01:00By Anonymous
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
Signing your name away
2026-04-10T00:01:00+01:00By Sarah Mountain
Learning from Estée Lauder’s claim against the founder of Jo Malone.
English law in an uncertain world
2026-04-08T13:27:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
New report analyses what has made English law so durable and economically successful, with recommendations to make it more so.
ILCA scheme: Stakeholders rally to reject government proposals
2026-04-08T00:01:00+01:00By Law Society president Mark Evans
An Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts Scheme is nothing more than a crude sector-specific tax on clients of legal services.
Legal chess win: Ukraine takes Russia
2026-04-07T13:00:00+01:00By Eduardo Reyes
Don’t underestimate the importance of chess.
Best of the blogs - 6 April 2026
2026-04-06T15:58:00+01:00
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Rules on embargos tilt narrative towards powerful defendants
2026-04-06T08:00:00+01:00By David Standard
Defendants have time to digest and respond to judgments, while claimants must act on the hoof.
A new space race: time for European legislation
2026-04-03T07:00:00+01:00By Marco Galli
The EU Space Act represents a powerful and potentially decisive instrument.
Independent legal advice scheme for rape victims is here to stay
2026-04-02T09:03:00+01:00By Nogah Ofer
There are some misconceptions about the purpose of ILA and how it functions.
Why culture, not policy, is the key to gender balance in law
2026-04-01T14:08:00+01:00By Joanne Wescott
Too often, conversations about gender balance in law focus on what is written down.
Youth justice: time for a national conversation
2026-04-01T08:32:00+01:00By Jake Richards MP
We should not be comfortable about the fact 13,000 children are sentenced each year.
Mother in Law: Gen Z needs to start thinking about profits
2026-03-31T14:51:00+01:00By Anonymous
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
The outsiders
2026-03-31T14:42:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
Private equity in the law seems to have parked its money and entered a holding pattern.
Mazur ruling is the law's Bobby Ewing moment - but can the profession forget?
2026-03-31T11:06:00+01:00By John Hyde
Careers have been seriously disrupted while this unnecessary mess has gone on.
As it happened: Mazur judgment - CILEX wins appeal
By John Hyde
Lawyers and migration: a landmark case
2026-03-30T09:42:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Regvar v Slovenia may not be a classic case of deportation, but the court may still struggle to resist the campaign to give member states more say over migration matters.
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