Comment and opinion – Page 32
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OpinionPride Month – the power of public law
We should continue to use judicial review, human rights legislation, and international law to secure a better future for LGBTQ+ people.
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OpinionThree types of SLAPPs
Defining what is a strategic litigation against public participation remains one of the most elusive targets of all anti-SLAPP legislation.
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OpinionGo compare
Turns out evaluating a lawyer is rather more involved than giving your Uber driver five stars. Still, the SRA is on a mission.
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OpinionSRA's increased fining powers have real-world effect
Law Society remains concerned about the Solicitors Regulation Authority acting as investigator, prosecutor and judge.
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OpinionReforming the criminal justice system: juryless trials
With rape conviction rates low across the UK, is it time to ditch juries?
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OpinionComplaints to the SRA - addressing over-representation of BAME solicitors
We're shining a light on the structural and societal issues which could be influencing stubbornly worrying discrepancies.
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OpinionLegal aid expansion threatened by an antiquated IT system
Legal Aid Agency's digital system is a barrier to many proposals for legal aid reform. The government must invest in it now.
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OpinionDoes AI spell the end for the SRA?
This is not an end-of-lawyer article, but an end-of-regulation question.
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OpinionHappy anniversary to the women in law pledge
As we celebrate the fourth year of the pledge, it remains a useful action tool for all organisations wherever they may be on their gender equality journey.
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OpinionChalk walks the walk
For a lord chancellor and justice secretary to attend the London Legal Walk is a vanishingly rare event.
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OpinionCovid inquiry: mixed messages over disclosure
There are a lot of questions Boris Johnson needs to answer.
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OpinionBest of the blogs - 17 June 2023
10 June 2023. Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
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OpinionEurope should support Latin American integration
South America’s economies must learn to walk before they can run. But legal harmonisation can be the first step towards greater economic integration.
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OpinionSocial Mobility Awareness Day: Profession asked to #SpeakMore
Launched in 2022, today’s Social Mobility Awareness Day exists to promote wider conversations around the issue and to encourage action that brings about positive change.
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OpinionCould exemplary damages discourage corporate wrongdoings?
A 'punishment tax' would change attitudes of current and prospective wrong-doers towards litigation risk.
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OpinionWill rent reform improve security for tenants?
Renters (Reform) Bill introduced to parliament last month could transform the private rental market.
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OpinionThe last post
There should be a race to understand, and fix, flaws in legal ethics that the Horizon IT inquiry may throw into sharp relief.
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OpinionDisposable law, disposable lawyers
In political discourse, lawyers are to be picked up and used for one’s advantage, and then disposed of with a few jeers.