All Comment articles – Page 5
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Removing lawyers from police misconduct hearings is not the answer
Proposal to replace legally qualified chairs with senior police staff is a hugely retrograde step.
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SLAPPs clampdown must go further
An open letter from journalists and lawyers to justice secretary Alex Chalk.
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Are you interested in becoming a district judge?
The Judicial Appointments Commission is looking for 100 new district judges - with vacancies across England and Wales, writes Lord Bellamy KC.
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Government has moral imperative to fix child court backlogs
Family lawyers would welcome an active role from the government in the promotion of alternative dispute resolution.
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Lady Justice is bleeding
Fixed recoverable costs regime is unfit for purpose - the time has come to hold those responsible to account.
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Click to convey: a lesson from Norway
Want to see what a real home information pack looks like? Look north.
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Lawtech: We must not take our leading position for granted
Our ambition is to make the UK a hub for lawtech, and a haven for legal innovators.
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Changing Ethical Landscapes
This week we publicly launched our professional ethics programme – Changing Ethical Landscapes web hub.
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Fixed costs extension will mean a worse service. Clients need to be told
There is no point spinning it: the client-lawyer relationship will have to change from October.
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Time to overhaul legal regulation - again?
Piecemeal changes and mission creep are undermining the 2007 ‘Clementi’ settlement to the point where a wider review is becoming necessary.
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In the UK approach to asylum, nothing works
I don’t mean the new phase of asylum policy has fallen short of expectations.
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What's wrong with wearing headphones at work?
Law firms need a common sense approach for employees who hate open plan.
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Diversity and inclusion must remain at forefront of profession’s agenda
By recognising and dismantling barriers related to race, class and gender, the legal sector can become more vibrant and inclusive.
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Solicitor apprenticeships: working for social mobility?
Those who could benefit the most from a legal degree apprenticeship are missing out.
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Just start nuclear
There is only one solution to energy security and net zero. But nuclear policy is still a mess.
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Bigger SRA, new name?
Solicitors Regulation Authority is open to considering name change if it takes charge of legal executives.
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NHS Resolution underlines the value of collaboration
Covid protocol should become a stable and permanent part of the way we do things.
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What lawyers should read on holiday
An eclectic mix of old and new. How about Jerome K. Jerome’s holiday capers, or a book about marketing?
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Keep AI away from family court (and Johnny Cash)
Without empathy, sensitivity and nuance, how can artificial intelligence provide a satisfactory outcome?
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Alex Chalk: 'I'm a legal aid barrister on a career sabbatical'
Gazette courts editor grabs a few minutes with the lord chancellor on a day out in Bristol.