All Comment articles – Page 69
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OpinionTackling money laundering: making sure firms are doing their job
If we don’t successfully address the problem, the social, economic and security consequences can be devastating.
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OpinionPassing the buck: corporate liability reform must not be further delayed
Action - including an extension of the 'failure to prevent' offence - is long overdue.
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OpinionA CJEU decision touching UK citizens with an EU nationality
UK citizens with a second EU nationality must become acquainted with the nationality law of their second Member State.
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OpinionDamage limitation in personal injury
Personal injury firms are struggling to stay in business.
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OpinionMuddying the waters on assisted suicide?
Royal College of Physicians ties itself in knots over policy on assisted suicide.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: Tantrums, Twitter and standstill agreements.
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OpinionResisting more soft law for lawyers
Our ethical codes should be our guide when deciding what is in the public interest.
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OpinionMarking 100 years of women in the law
How legislation allowing women into the law made the statute books.
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OpinionIf we leave women to correct gender inequality, it will take forever
Men calling out gender inequality is welcome and essential.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: balancing World Book Day and probate applications.
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OpinionThe value of witness statements in commercial arbitrations
It would be a brave party or counsel who decides not to serve witness statements to save costs.
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OpinionDealing with the things machines invent
An inventive machine standard would dynamically raise the current benchmark for patentability to keep pace with real-world conditions.
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OpinionMind your language
Criticism of the Legal Services Board stems from its poorly worded objectives.
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OpinionFeminist interpretation of taking instructions
Developing a different approach when taking instructions and presenting cases may create new outcomes and precedents.
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OpinionLGBT+ beyond the City
Smaller and regional law firms often struggle to replicate the City’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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OpinionA bulwark against the secret state
Investigatory Powers Tribunal is a force to be reckoned with.
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OpinionDocumenting death is in a time warp
The system seems designed for the comfort and convenience of the people administering it.
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OpinionLet's build a global judicial trust network
Courts around the world have invested in technology to improve the litigation process but enforcement lags behind.
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OpinionThe cheek of the taoiseach – but London cannot be complacent
Post-Brexit the threat to legal London’s pre-eminence is cost and inconvenience - not Irish overtures to business.
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OpinionDomestic violence and the family court
Spurious applications for contact are used to assert control.