Comment and opinion – Page 22
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OpinionHuge fines show SRA is misusing its powers
The regulator has radically increased its powers since its creation in 2007, with no corresponding increase in accountability.
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OpinionThe trainees of tomorrow – time to change our expectations?
Expectations placed on aspiring lawyers have shifted with the times, as has the skillset. And it’s shifting again.
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OpinionLabour's great lord chancellor
Richard Burdon Haldane was in the thick of almost every major political and intellectual debate of the day.
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OpinionMother in Law: In defence of the semicolon
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionBucking the market
We have learned to accept the primacy of ‘market forces’. Yet exceptions can always be made for reasons of political expediency.
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OpinionWhat image best represents us?
On the one hand, slogans and logos are unimportant. But what remains is the debate about our identity.
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OpinionDouble jeopardy: SRA's £14k drink-drive fine is unfair
Such draconian sanctions may even stop others from self-reporting.
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OpinionThe list of endangered lawyers keeps growing
The Day of the Endangered Lawyer, an initiative to draw attention to the plight of lawyers in a particular country, will this year focus on Iran.
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OpinionTurning opinions into circumstances
Attorney general preps for test case on protesters accused of criminal damage.
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OpinionPost Office scandal: Litigation funding is not the villain
Recoverability of costs and exemplary damages might have a role to play in promoting access to justice.
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OpinionPaul, Polmear and Purchase
Supreme Court's long-awaited landmark judgment on secondary victim claims in medical negligence has shocked the legal profession.
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OpinionPost Office scandal shows why we need to reform private prosecutions
Criminal Law Reform Now Network has been working on a review of private prosecutions since 2019.
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OpinionThe danger of summoning the genie
There are conditions attached to the wishes granted by parliamentary sovereignty, which the government should carefully consider.
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OpinionPost Office scandal and the land of the rising computer
IT giant Fujitsu is appearing in the Post Office public inquiry today. This is how it got there.
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OpinionA postcode lottery for the bereaved
Improvement in the performance of coroners’ courts is likely to vary considerably depending on where you are in the country.
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