All Columnist articles – Page 6
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OpinionChalk off to a good start at Justice
Alex Chalk's unique selling point on the criminal justice system is that he knows whereof he speaks.
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Opinion21st century justice: look abroad for new ideas
The Law Society's justice project aims to develop ideas to revitalise access to justice, ADR and digitalisation. We must look at how other countries achieve the same goals.
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OpinionScared by cyber-attacks? You should be
AI means targeted scam attacks are about to get a lot more common and much more sophisticated. And for the cybercriminal, law firms are very desirable prey.
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OpinionMother in Law: Life hacks
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionFive legal wishes after the Coronation
Jonathan Goldsmith reflects on the Coronation Oath, coherence between symbols and the world we inhabit, and peaceful protestors.
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OpinionLessons of the CBI scandal
Are our systems robust enough to encourage an environment where people can both work easily with each other and also call out wrong behaviour?
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OpinionMother in Law: All present and correct – but at what cost?
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionWhen BigLaw's mask slips
'Non-negotiable expectations' of how junior lawyers should behave, shared at a US firm's training event, have created an inevitable online storm.
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OpinionQOCS: a shift in the balance of power
How the new qualified one-way costs shifting rules will affect litigation dynamics and behaviour will soon become apparent.
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OpinionMother in Law: Memories
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionLawyers: beware AI’s hallucinations
As chatbots confidently pump out false information, professional bodies should take notice.
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OpinionHere's hoping for a golden age
We can neither look back nor forward to a time when our citizens’ access to dispute resolution and legal transactions can be held out as an ideal model.
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OpinionMother in Law: Pleading my guilt
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionCool rules for a hot debate
When there is conflict between public interest and the client’s interest, what is the correct balance? The more we argue about this topic, the better.
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OpinionUnworkable bills and the rule of law
What happens when a government passes laws which are not capable of being implemented?
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OpinionDevil in the detail of economic crime reform
Which prosecuting authority will be in the lead? How widely will the new offence be drawn? Will it apply extraterritorially to overseas subsidiaries?
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OpinionTearing up the ‘lefty lawyers’ script
The continuing use of the ‘lefty lawyer’ label by the government looks set to become a feature of the long campaign leading to the next election.
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OpinionMother in Law: How to network
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionCan lawyers be utopians?
Sometimes we should spend time considering the eternal and beautiful, and how we should aim to construct a new version of it.