All Comment articles – Page 18
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Opinion
As fixed costs expand we need answers
With fixed costs due to be extended into most straightforward civil claims worth up to £100,000, and into clin neg claims worth up to £25,000, the CoA’s ruling in Belsner will be even more important.
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Client selection: The next frontier in the evolution of legal ethics
Client selection should no longer be the decision of an individual partner or team.
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Putin should be scared of The Hague
An indictment from The Hague is the ‘black spot’ we slip to dictators and their henchmen.
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IWD: Hybrid working must not become a catalyst for proximity bias
Is proximity bias the next mountain to climb for gender equality campaigners in the legal sector?
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What to make of the government’s Human Rights Act consultation?
The reform recommendations will be of interest - and concern - to civil society, the judiciary, academia and the legal professions.
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SRA SLAPPs back
Timely new guidance from the SRA on ‘professional enablement’ will be useful to all solicitors.
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Prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan QC has wasted no time in launching an investigation into war crimes in Ukraine.
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Baksi at the Bar: Is it time to scrap silk?
Catherine Baksi asks whether there is still a place for the award in a modern, meritocratic and egalitarian 21st century legal system.
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A tale of two courts – Ukraine looks to The Hague
For those seeking accountability for war crimes, the wheels of justice are turning – albeit slowly.
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The end of the Word is nigh
Just because your documents are held in a computer does not mean they are digital.
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Ukraine: the rule of law is not divisible
The government needs to learn from its own rhetoric on human rights.
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Russia's invasion: blaming lawyer 'enablers'
City law firms are named among the guilty parties for allegedly allowing Putin’s oligarch supporters to launder their money and reputations here. So what now?
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Mother in law: Dealing with the general public
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Litigation funding and marginal gains
Disclosure orders should apply equally to defendants and claimants.
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Our law firms must get out of Russia
Do solicitors, law firms, and the Russian lawyers in international firms think things will just blow over? If so, they should be reading the situation more accurately.
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Our criminal justice system needs major surgery, not a band aid
Recent government initiatives are just more knee-jerk, low-cost solutions to a much bigger problem.
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Major news stories usually bring changes for lawyers
It pays to think of the lawyers’ side of news reports, even if we are not the direct subject, so that the profession can prepare for any consequences.
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The dangers of rushing to comment on a judgment
Lawyers and PRs will have read the Matrix judgment with a sense of relief it wasn't them.