Comment and opinion – Page 72
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OpinionLawyers’ Brexit issues updated
More than three months have passed since the final act of Brexit. The consequences for lawyers are still being worked out.
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OpinionEviscerating JR and ‘naked self-interest’
There are just 10 days left to tell the government what you think of its plans to reform judicial review. But don’t worry if you miss the deadline.
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OpinionIt’s time to normalise mental health treatment
As a family lawyer, I have an insight into people’s lives, and often know more about my clients than perhaps even their own family.
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OpinionKeeping on keeping on
‘Crisis, what crisis?’ Paul Rogerson Older readers may recall that this fatal utterance doomed Jim Callaghan in 1979, ushering in Thatcherism. It didn’t matter that the last Old Labour PM did not actually speak those words in the wake of the ‘Winter of Discontent’. ‘Crisis, what ...
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OpinionAn Iranian human rights lawyer's lot
'Why do you accept these problematic cases all the time? Get a life!'
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OpinionMother in law: Excel skills
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionIt is damaging to rely on one model of disability
There is an important story to be told about disability, and it is told with increasing confidence.
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OpinionFirst they came for Essex Court Chambers
Solicitors need help to navigate the perils that exist between client wishes and the clamour of public policy or the strong arm of a powerful state.
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OpinionMaking the courts less expensive
Alternative dispute resolution can be cost-effective, but it should never be the only choice.
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OpinionRisk - a new frontier
How can one reach a new definition of ‘risk’ to a legal practice in an environment of remote and/or hybrid working?
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OpinionWhen suppression takes various forms
How China cracks down on human rights lawyers by disbarring them.
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OpinionThe return to offices: associates are voting with their feet
Associates are making it clear they don’t want a completely remote model. But they do want choice.
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OpinionCity lawyers have a role to play in the society we seek to improve
Community advice charities and international law firms may make an unlikely partnership but pro bono project KIND UK proves it works.
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OpinionSQE: Six months to go
From 1 September 2021 aspiring solicitors will be able to qualify via a new exam. Be ready.
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OpinionCovid certificates - there is no right answer
The biggest question of all: the conflict between the right to go about one’s business freely and the right to go about one’s business safely.
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OpinionMother in law: Virtual hearings
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionLawtech: beware of the big plan
Forthcoming government innovation strategy should be wary of trying to pick winners.