All Columnist articles – Page 18
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Legal Twitter, can you help?
If you look at #LegalTwitter, you will find people asking for legal advice all the time.
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Priced out of justice – unless you’re an oligarch
Just an up-and-coming UK supplier screwed over by its biggest customer? Sorry, but the London courts are not for you.
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‘Mercy killings’ – no getting away with murder
New guidance for use in suspected 'mercy killings' will not decriminalise homicide.
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Mother in law: Look after good staff
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Should more lawyers have featured in the New Year Honours?
Throughout the pandemic, there have been solicitors who risked their health, and potentially their lives, in police stations, prisons and courts.
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Raab’s resonant rights reformation
How serious is Dominic Raab about strengthening the credibility of human rights?
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Criminal defence: dead in a decade?
Criminal Bar Association figures show that 22% of juniors and 46% of QCs have left the criminal bar during the last five years.
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Can we trust the LSB to comment on the rule of law?
There is a snag in the Legal Services Board's concern about the increasing public criticism of legal professionals.
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Not a way to regulate lawyers
A look at how lawyers in other jurisdictions are regulated. Would another system be better than ours?
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Mother in law: Secret Santa drama
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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A tale of two Londons
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for the City of London’s reputation last week.
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Early advice key to cutting family backlog
Dominic Raab is in the market for something ‘drastic and bold’.
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A small Brexit dividend for lawyer-client confidentiality?
Proposed wording in our government’s new rules on lawyers’ reporting obligations misses out a principal mischief.
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Raab shows his hand on rights revision
We can revise the Human Rights Act ‘in a smarter way’ without touching on core fundamental rights, Dominic Raab promised MPs last week.
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Mother in law: Paternity leave and the gender pay gap
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Covid dents world trade hopes
Now that the Cop26 climate change conference is over, work is gearing up for the next major international meeting with consequences for lawyers.
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Migrant challenge: it’s all our fault now
A government which incites hatred and violence against professionals must be resisted at every turn.
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Mother in law: Sexism in the office? Women can be worse than men
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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'The UK is not remotely a corrupt country'
In a potential Venn diagram representing corruption in the UK, is there a circle containing lawyers which overlaps with a central corruption circle?