Comment and opinion – Page 126
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No cause for AI alarmism
Unfounded fears over homicidal robots must not be allowed to stifle innovation.
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Oasis in a desert
The law centre network today welcomes a new constituent, in Suffolk, which aims to irrigate a legal aid desert.
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Law’s culture wars
State of the union: National bars diverge markedly on conduct issues – how can the gap be bridged?
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Why there’s nothing wrong in gold-plating trust in solicitors
Consumers should not be driven away by expensive rules, but don’t underestimate the lure of reassurance.
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Should Latham chief have stood down over sex messages?
Reflections on Latham and Watkins’s removal of their global chair for 'communications of a sexual nature'.
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Brexit: a justice treaty and red lines
The English Bar has come up with an interesting Brexit idea - a separate UK-EU treaty on justice issues.
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ADR at a turning point?
Civil Justice Council review places dispute resolution on the cusp of a new digital era.
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Second-guessing policy: the rule of law after UNISON
Supreme Court judgment took over a policy question that it was not for the court to decide.
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Future claimants will feed algorithms, not fight insurers
Opponents of PI reforms seem to miss a key factor: the legal system as they know it is disappearing.
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Lure of the Irish route
Ireland is fielding an upsurge in UK lawyers keen to safeguard their EU rights post-Brexit. There is still all to play for.
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How achievable are the government's RTA claim reforms?
Patrick Allen asks how the government can put reforms for road traffic accident claims into place in just 12 months.
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What gender pay gap reporting doesn’t tell you: the partner pay gap
Sarah Chilton addresses the often hidden partner gender pay gap.
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Making up the hours
An electronic costs bill is long overdue but reform does not have to mean chaos.
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Getting on with the job
The Law Society’s new Board will build on excellent work to promote and support the profession.
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Progress of working mothers
Mothers’ Day 2018 causes Melinda Giles and Charlie Wenborne, partners at Giles Wilson Solicitors, to compare their experiences of maternity care for working women in law firms 27 years apart.
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We must address gender inequalities in calculation of damages
Compensation is currently set using broad assumptions that do not apply in the modern world.