Comment and opinion – Page 13
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Just start nuclear
There is only one solution to energy security and net zero. But nuclear policy is still a mess.
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A new blow for our justice system
Government’s record on administration of justice receives another severe rebuke - this time from an unexpected quarter.
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Bigger SRA, new name?
Solicitors Regulation Authority is open to considering name change if it takes charge of legal executives.
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NHS Resolution underlines the value of collaboration
Covid protocol should become a stable and permanent part of the way we do things.
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What lawyers should read on holiday
An eclectic mix of old and new. How about Jerome K. Jerome’s holiday capers, or a book about marketing?
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Pathways to Law: widening access for 15 years
City solicitor explains important role Sutton Trust programme played in helping him build his career in the law.
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Keep AI away from family court (and Johnny Cash)
Without empathy, sensitivity and nuance, how can artificial intelligence provide a satisfactory outcome?
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Alex Chalk: 'I'm a legal aid barrister on a career sabbatical'
Gazette courts editor grabs a few minutes with the lord chancellor on a day out in Bristol.
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Mother in Law: Learning to say no
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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SRA power grab leaves SDT increasingly impotent
The tribunal makes fewer judgments than ever and could effectively lose its fining power.
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Unfollowing the money
Comparators traditionally used to measure elite law firm performance appear to be on the way out.
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In support of our colleague Jacqueline McKenzie
An open letter from Leigh Day partners in response to criticism of immigration lawyer.
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Solicitors are instruments of justice
To deal with attacks raining down on us, lawyers need a second strap-line: ‘And if clients’ interests conflict with justice, justice wins’.
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Letting the public see how public law works
If people had watched Gina Miller’s first Brexit-related challenge, they would have seen that the judges were not ‘enemies of the people’.
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Common Platform is a strong foundation for the future
Custom-built, digital system for managing cases is now live in every criminal court in England and Wales.
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Mother in Law: A consultancy model of the right vintage
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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On a mission to a dubious regime
Bar Council will be visiting Rwanda in October for a round of ‘high-level meetings’ with local senior legal figures.