All Columnist articles – Page 34
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OpinionRefuting a classic slur
London’s toxic mayoral election highlighted the dangers of identifying solicitors with their clients.
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OpinionClimate change on secrecy
The Panama Papers leak has made the defence of professional confidentiality much more difficult.
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OpinionTreating jurors like grown-ups
The Angela Wrightson case has highlighted the ways in which social media can taint a trial.
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OpinionLegal training: steep learning curve
We need to reset the debate on the future of solicitor education.
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OpinionDiplomatic immunity limits
Two recent cases have tested the principle of diplomatic immunity.
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OpinionGetting with the program
The digital court revolution has begun, but what will it mean for lawyers and litigants?
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OpinionAn intellectually sloppy AG
Jeremy Wright’s speech on the role of the attorney general achieved the advocate’s nightmare.
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OpinionWarming the bench
A large number of jobs are soon to become vacant in the senior judiciary. So who’s in the running?
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OpinionCompounding the confusion
Government proposals to reform human rights are a solution without a problem.
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OpinionCivil courts reform: learning from abroad
Briggs LJ needs to dig out his passport and investigate how overseas pioneers are reforming the civil courts.
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OpinionForcing Russia to pay over Litvinenko
Alexander Litvinenko’s widow may find that winning a judgment against Russia is easier than enforcing one.
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OpinionUpholding lawyers’ values
Invoking a hitherto unused rule of law mechanism was a brave step by the European Commission.
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OpinionSupreme leaders?
Is judicial overreach a threat to the rule of law and effective government?
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OpinionHitting the vulnerable hard
Proposed reforms of the small claims procedure would deal a devastating blow to justice.
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OpinionWake up and smell the coffee
Lawyers can learn a lot from the irresistible rise of Starbucks and its rivals.
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OpinionHM Courts 2.0: a digital future
Selling courts to buy computers is a difficult but necessary choice if we are to avoid ‘precipitous decline’.
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OpinionDo your homework on legal training
Reformed routes to qualification must command respect in other jurisdictions.
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OpinionViolations of the mind
The family courts are making creative use of their powers to combat radicalisation, but these are limited.
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OpinionA welcome review of coroners
A review of coroners’ practices is long overdue – as a recent case has shown.