All Columnist articles – Page 31
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OpinionA Facebook court? Our legal system needs to catch up
The UK’s national laws and legal systems are not prepared to cope with borderless cyberspace.
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OpinionInns throw down the gauntlet on training
Inns bar training course could prove unwelcome to solicitors.
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OpinionIssues for lawyers in China’s Belt and Road Initiative
The country’s overseas investment project raises significant policy concerns for the profession.
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OpinionNo blanket comfort for claimant PI firms
Judges are not making it easy for claimant PI firms to make a living.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: lacking confidence at work.
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OpinionUK opts into several EU criminal measures just before Brexit
The surprising moves are in the hope of forming seamless criminal cooperation once we leave the EU.
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OpinionPost Office plays hardball with ironman judge
Sitting as a judge is not easy when the person you’re asked to judge is yourself.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: looking after sick children.
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OpinionUpsides to the sector’s major challenges
In the face of national disputation and meltdown, we must consider the positive sides of problems facing the profession.
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OpinionMore pieces needed to fit fixed costs jigsaw
Fixed recoverable costs extension is not the final puzzle piece in costs reform.
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OpinionLaw Society must support freelance newcomers
Chancery Lane should be prepared to manage the integration of freelance solicitors and solicitors in unregulated businesses.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: tackling public speaking.
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OpinionA CJEU decision touching UK citizens with an EU nationality
UK citizens with a second EU nationality must become acquainted with the nationality law of their second Member State.
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OpinionDamage limitation in personal injury
Personal injury firms are struggling to stay in business.
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OpinionMuddying the waters on assisted suicide?
Royal College of Physicians ties itself in knots over policy on assisted suicide.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: Tantrums, Twitter and standstill agreements.
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OpinionResisting more soft law for lawyers
Our ethical codes should be our guide when deciding what is in the public interest.
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OpinionIf we leave women to correct gender inequality, it will take forever
Men calling out gender inequality is welcome and essential.