All Comment articles – Page 31
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OpinionHolocaust Memorial Day
Remembering and thinking about the Holocaust inspires us to identify and challenge racism today, wherever it festers, writes HHJ Lynn Roberts.
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OpinionLawfare: a new word to use against solicitors
‘Lawfare’ has now joined ‘professional enablers’ as a term of criticism when others describe the practices of some in our profession.
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OpinionNew year and a new broom for family justice?
From launching a public information campaign to supporting litigants in person: a look at the options the government could consider to improve the family justice landscape.
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OpinionDay of the Endangered Lawyer
Panel discussion chaired by Law Society international human rights adviser reveals perils of legal professionals around the world.
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OpinionAn illegal route for the Nationality and Borders Bill
The Home Office has some proposed laws on immigration and asylum – it just doesn’t have a legal system it should try to put them in.
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OpinionWe must do something to level the playing field in the SDT
Radical change may not be realistic but workable solutions can be found.
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OpinionWithout reform of child justice, things will get bleaker
Research shows that the negative and unexpected consequences of child detention are worse than previously thought.
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OpinionIntervene Project: Providing representation for the abandoned
A law firm charity that represents prisoners has seen demand for its services soar, as abuses have become commonplace throughout the penal system.
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OpinionLegal Twitter, can you help?
If you look at #LegalTwitter, you will find people asking for legal advice all the time.
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OpinionMother in law: Look after good staff
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Opinion‘Mercy killings’ – no getting away with murder
New guidance for use in suspected 'mercy killings' will not decriminalise homicide.
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OpinionA system that has reached breaking point
Criminal legal aid reports show that the profession as it stands has recruitment, retention, diversity and sustainability problems.
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OpinionPriced out of justice – unless you’re an oligarch
Just an up-and-coming UK supplier screwed over by its biggest customer? Sorry, but the London courts are not for you.
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OpinionPutting health and wellbeing first at a time of seismic change
Leaders of law firms will emerge from the last couple of years as more empathetic leaders – they cannot afford not to.
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OpinionCrypto: Let’s party like it’s 1996
The current NFT craze may feel like 17th century tulip-mania. But what if it’s more like the birth of the worldwide web?
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OpinionColston statue acquittals show how important juries really are
Being tried by your peers is essential to democracy.
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OpinionIs the Nationality and Borders Bill just another example of bad law-making?
The bill poses a unique threat to both access to justice and the rule of law.
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OpinionShould more lawyers have featured in the New Year Honours?
Throughout the pandemic, there have been solicitors who risked their health, and potentially their lives, in police stations, prisons and courts.
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OpinionRole models are key to improving diversity in the profession
As a first-generation lawyer from a minority ethnic background, I stepped into a career that seemed daunting and challenging, writes Shaheen Mamun.