Comment and opinion – Page 6
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Back to the future on sentencing?
Restoring the best ideas of the past would bring sentencing up to date.
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A theory of rights
Labour claims new rights will be transformative for workers and private renters.
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Sitting out a corporate 'war on woke'
Mark Zuckerberg wants 'masculine energy' to replace 'feminine energy' in the work place. For reasons of sound business, and common sense, law firm leaders won't agree.
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Completing the speedy justice jigsaw
The sentencing review and the review of criminal courts are important pieces of the jigsaw. But a long-term funding settlement must go alongside reform.
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A look ahead to Family Mediation Week
Session topics include hybrid mediation, academic research, digital solutions and mediation with arbitration.
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What does 2025 hold for litigation funders?
Amid all the doom and gloom, there are rays of light on the horizon for funders.
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What did the European Court of Human Rights do in 2024?
A summary of last year's key cases from the ECtHR.
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Technology can close the global justice gap
The best solutions to the access to justice crisis are built by those who have experienced the problem first-hand.
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The importance of a good bedside manner
There are many similarities between lawyers and doctors, not least that both professions deal with people going through difficult moments in their lives.
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Mother in Law: Scrolling into the new year
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Lord chief justice and the flat earth libel
A litigant in person's conspiracy theories received short shrift in 1875 defamation trial.
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My prescient prediction for 2025
President-elect Trump and his court are influencing the political weather, including on our own laws and legal system.
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Why the time has come to embrace AI - or explain why you’re not
We will soon find ourselves in a world where the court will not consider it reasonable or proportionate for lawyers to spend hours poring over disclosure.
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Ethics 101
Regulators must ask themselves what role they play in the wider ethical ecosystem of the law.
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A timely warning on the dangers of extraterritoriality
A review of 'Research Handbook on Extraterritoriality in International Law'.
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Legal leaders must prioritise social mobility
Change depends on law firm leaders breaking down the structural barriers that many people face because of their socio economic background.
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AI's impact on the role of the GC
Businesses should recognise that general counsel are working increasingly hard to grapple with AI and look to ensure this talent is developed and nurtured.
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The right family justice process for abuse survivors
Further amendments to the Family Procedure Rules could be considered to ensure courts explicitly consider whether domestic abuse explains reluctance for non-court dispute resolution.