All Comment articles
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OpinionThe opening of the legal year: heavy robes, tourist selfies - and that choir
The swearing in of a new lord chancellor and a service at Westminster Abbey provided an interesting start to term.
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OpinionThe end of misleading headlines
At the heart of defamation law lies a significant legal fiction, namely that an imputation in a ‘publication’ must carry a ‘single meaning’.
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OpinionThe Premier League v Manchester City: Penalty shoot-out
The result of the Premier League’s 'core decision' (in redacted form) in its case against Manchester City is no longer a matter of speculation.
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OpinionThe ECHR is not a constraint on British security. It is one of its foundations
Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest post-war achievements.
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OpinionGlorious statistics and their consequences
Exports are soaring: the legal profession would benefit if our economic contribution to the world economy were better recognised.
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OpinionMaking mediation mainstream
What happens when mediation ceases to be an alternative to the justice system and becomes part of its architecture?
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OpinionBreast cancer review must do more than find individual errors
An apology is important but cannot be the end of the process.
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OpinionIndefensible: how lawyers failed to stop a scandal
The day former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells gave evidence to the public inquiry was the day I knew there was a book to be written.
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Feature'We will ruin you. Think of your family'
Read an excerpt from John Hyde’s Indefensible. Here Lee Castleton recalls his first contact with a Post Office lawyer.
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OpinionThe government must confront the IPP problem
Few sentencing regimes have attracted as much criticism as imprisonment for public protection.
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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.