All Comment articles – Page 23
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OpinionThe assault on EU workplace rights begins
Richard Arthur explains why the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill heralds a catastrophic demolition of workplace rights.
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OpinionCohabitation law is stuck in another age
Cohabitation rates are increasing faster than ever, so why has nothing happened to bring law into the 21st century?
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OpinionNHS litigation: grounds for optimism
NHSR Advise, Resolve and Learn 2025 must continue the transition from litigation to other forms of ADR.
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OpinionDelays in our civil courts have now reached crisis point
Only an immediate increase in funding can reverse the escalating wait for justice.
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OpinionMoney matters – and crime doesn’t pay
As a clinical negligence trainee solicitor, I boasted a charge out rate of more than £160 per hour. I could not afford to instruct myself.
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OpinionWill budgeting survive latest costs review?
Things never stay still for long in the world of costs.
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OpinionThe Straw man is back - and this time it's personal
Labour's last lord chancellor shares some candid thoughts on his successors.
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OpinionTruss may have one unlikely group in a cold sweat
New prime minister's stint as lord chancellor was brief, but she did manage to pick a fight with the insurance lobby.
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OpinionSQE: one year on
Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce reflects on the first 12 months since the Solicitors Qualifying Exam was introduced.
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OpinionWhen Crown court judges start to look young
The wheels of justice kept turning - just - on day one of the defence barristers’ indefinite walk-out.
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OpinionLabour must stand shoulder to shoulder with the criminal bar
The justice system has been held together by the goodwill of those working in it for far too long.
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OpinionLawyers who engaged the enemy more closely
A wartime call for 'Gentlemen with yachting experience' attracted some extraordinary legal talent - and courage.
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OpinionAnti-social behaviour injunctions are a great unknown
We simply don’t know how many injunctions are applied for, how many are issued and breached, and what happens to those judged to have breached them.
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OpinionAn unfair tax on accessing justice
The time has come to consider reintroducing recoverability of premiums and funding costs in commercial litigation cases.
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OpinionMother in law: How the pandemic changed us
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionPro bono costs awards in tribunals need more publicity
Pro bono organisations and advisers should be aware of the expansion of the costs regime, and take advantage of it.
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OpinionLitigants want to know if they’ve won. Judgments should tell them
If litigants in person cannot understand a ruling that affects them then there is something wrong.
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OpinionLife of a CILEx advocate
Zoe Heron responds to backlash against CILEx members since the public fall out between the legal executives' representative body and their regulator.
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OpinionCriminal appeals review: Raab’s only legacy?
Taking steps to ensure that innocent people are not left languishing in prison may be the one positive thing Dominic Raab is remembered for.
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Opinion'We must make sure everyone learns lessons from this'
SRA chief executive responds to SQE IT issue that saw the exam cancelled for more than 100 candidates.