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OpinionListen to the Financial Conduct Authority on litigation funding
Financial Services and Markets Bill offers a chance to regulate the industry.
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OpinionBlaming judicial review - here we go again
The attorney general and the chancellor have pre-emptively teamed up to blame judicial review for government’s delivery failures.
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OpinionYou can’t cut firms’ income stream and expect favours in return
No-one can be totally upfront about this client account interest row. But we can be clear about the consequences.
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OpinionGround in a slow mill: farewell to Chancery?
The new Business and Property Division will remove the last vestige of Dickens' Bleak House court. In theory.
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OpinionPM Law mess was foreseeable, but the SRA wouldn't listen
Profession is likely to end up paying £30m for the PM Law client losses. But the warning signs were all there.
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OpinionDolly Parton built a $450m empire. What happens to it now?
Music legend’s death is a timely reminder of the importance of legacy planning.
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OpinionThe 'applicable law' fault line running through the Channel
A new development could have finally resolved issues around English wills and French property.
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OpinionMoJ must grasp interest on client account scheme
Andy Burnham’s administration has an early and inexpensive opportunity to enhance access to justice.
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OpinionAssets of community value reform gives community groups teeth
The balance between community interests and private ownership is shifting: businesses should assess their exposure now.
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OpinionWe need to rethink our approach to Football Banning Orders
Current regulations do not make a big enough distinction between organised disorder and lower-level offending.
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OpinionFunny, courageous and so talented: Remembering the late, great Paul Ridout
Paul taught me lessons decades ago that I still draw upon.
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OpinionThe government has toughened its fraud laws - now it must make them count
Jonathan Fisher KC’s Fraud in the Digital Age report delivers a clear warning about the scale of fraud in the UK.
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OpinionA nuclear life on the ocean wave
Are we really poised to enter a golden age of maritime nuclear power? The idea looks far-fetched.
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OpinionMaking money from misogyny
What should the law do when misogyny becomes a profitable online business model capable of influencing millions of young people?
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Opinion'The legal profession continues to benefit from greater diversity'
Nazmin Choudhury on her journey into the profession and how her South Asian heritage has influenced her approach to work.
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OpinionOut Of Office? How many of us are still sneaking a look at emails?
The temptation is strong, but maybe one simple tactic can keep work issues away.
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OpinionIs the SQE failing the next generation?
Some candidates now pass their assessments and arrive in practice visibly surprised by what is expected.
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OpinionAre clients more likely to try to avoid family court or is it business as usual?
Two years ago, new family proceedings rules arrived to encourage the use of non-court dispute resolution. Jo O'Sullivan explores whether things have changed.