All Columnist articles
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OpinionWhy did you become a lawyer?
The Gazette has a regular feature on ‘Lawyer in the News’, interviewing a solicitor whose client’s case has hit the headlines.
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OpinionAsking the man in the attic
This year I shall be marking the 50th anniversary of my admission to the roll. Back then, the profession was still class-based
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OpinionThe urgent need to think of a new regulatory future
It is unacceptable to continue expecting solicitors to pay for a model with such a record of failure.
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OpinionNew Zealand’s clin neg panacea is no such thing
The non-adversarial model used in New Zealand is held up as a better way of resolving clinical negligence claims. But is it really an improvement?
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OpinionMother in Law: Be wary of those who want to divide and conquer
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
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OpinionMy digested week
A firm closure, an agentic AI and the deadline for the Ministry of Justice client account interest consultation.
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OpinionWhat will Sackman's criminal justice bill say?
Suddenly, the government’s criminal justice reforms are back on track.
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OpinionMother in Law: Appraising appraisals – no surprises, please
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
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OpinionEscaping Donald Trump’s mind
Lawyers’ efforts to gain Trump's attention last week seem to have come to nothing.
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OpinionOn not being Brooklyn Beckham
Social media is a compulsion we carry in our pockets, and can’t resist looking at for longer and longer. It must be having an impact on the solicitor-brain.
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OpinionLeadership judge exodus heaps pressure on leaderless JAC
If we are to maintain a world-class judiciary, someone needs to get a grip.
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OpinionI have seen the future, and we survive
There may be big potential changes ahead, but I predict they will not be fatal to the sector.
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OpinionSuccess of 'bold' reforms too early to call
The Ministry of Justice predicted that extending fixed recoverable costs would make legal costs ‘more certain and predictable’. So far, it appears the opposite has happened.
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OpinionTwo hopeful cases for the legal profession
The outcome of the cases last week, at opposite ends of our continent, bring good news.
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OpinionInjecting morality into international law
States and international courts should act for the betterment of humanity.
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OpinionMother in Law: The best things in life take time
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
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Opinion'A stone in the shoe' saves nine - online
Now that international law has been so definitively incinerated in Venezuela, our ability to resist the tech/AI flood will be almost nil.
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OpinionSomething is going to snap in 2026
Treatment of solicitors directly contradicts the government’s overall stated aim of deregulation.
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OpinionNew selling point: we are human
Solicitors have one superpower which AI cannot take away. We are a trusted human source.
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