All Comment articles – Page 25
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OpinionThe Strasbourg court’s disgraceful Rwanda intervention
The UK would be well within its rights to deny that the court has authority to place it under a legal obligation to comply.
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OpinionNorthern Ireland and the doctrine of necessity
UK government claims a clear basis in international law to justify the non-performance of international obligations.
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OpinionWhat makes an O-shaped junior lawyer?
How to develop and show your potential to be the well-rounded lawyer that law firms and clients are vying for.
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OpinionBringing a clin neg claim – it could easily have been me
Arguments that frame cases as a ‘drain on the NHS’ are promoted by people who have not experienced the fallout of clinical negligence.
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OpinionMishcon’s IPO U-turn highlights risks of going public
Partners are looking at the financial benefits listing might bring and still deciding against it.
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OpinionWhy we need a Bad Law Project
There are signs that the legal system is slowly succumbing to the coercive culture of compelled speech.
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OpinionThe cost of living crisis and the rule of law
It is inevitable that our various current crises affect solicitors. This time, the spotlight shifts to those struggling to make a living in the legal aid sector.
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OpinionTime is running out to help save the criminal justice system
There is just one week to go until the government’s criminal legal aid consultation closes.
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OpinionFirst year of RTA portal was great for insurers: what next?
Number of claims down, firms dropping out, claimants in limbo. For insurers, the portal worked like a charm.
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OpinionHow can we defend clients when we cannot defend ourselves?
Whilst united in outrage at inequities meted out to the criminal law community, we are seemingly ill equipped to agree the nature of action to be taken.
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OpinionRwanda deportation plan will not work
Migrants crossing the channel in small boats is a real problem that the Government has so far failed to tackle properly.
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OpinionCosts in contempt proceedings
The time has come for parties and the courts to recognise that the general rule on costs is not a neat fit in contempt.
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OpinionHow lawyers can help Ukraine
The Law Society has assisted the profession through the upheavals of the last few years by providing, on each occasion, resources for solicitors.
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OpinionMother in law: Walking
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionNational security and foreign interference
Legislation to replace the Official Secrets Acts of 1911, 1920 and 1939 tells us a great deal about how perceived threats to national security have changed over the past century.
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OpinionDon’t assume litigators always want their trial payday
Commentators on Vardy v Rooney would be wrong to think that lawyers encourage such an outcome.
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OpinionAML laws have failed: it is time to start again
The Russian invasion of Ukraine should be seen as an opportunity to examine what went so wrong with the money-laundering system.
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OpinionDoes it pay to represent yourself in court?
Lack of public funding is no doubt a significant reason why there is a growing number of litigants of person.
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OpinionJeremy Hunt’s handy sword of Damocles
Proposals by chair of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee represent an overhaul of the way compensation is awarded when injury is caused by the NHS.
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OpinionTime for UK courts to get more screen time?
Johnny Depp's defamation claim against Amber Heard is being televised in America, enabling millions of people around the world to tune in.