Commentary and opinion – Page 114
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OpinionWe must address gender inequalities in calculation of damages
Compensation is currently set using broad assumptions that do not apply in the modern world.
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OpinionInternational Women's Day
Lawyers’ instincts on justice and fairness must extend to real equality at the top of the legal profession.
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OpinionCultivating Generation Z
Vidisha Joshi reflects on the contribution of Generation Z trainee solicitors.
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OpinionThe legal innovation age is upon us
More legal education providers are considering including service innovation in their curriculum.
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OpinionPost-Brexit dispute resolution: a dog’s dinner
Taking back control or a vassal state? After the PM’s speech, best decide for yourself.
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OpinionSidestepping Strasbourg
Landmark judgment in Worboys case shows our human rights legislation is working as it should.
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OpinionDay of reckoning for Turkey's persecution
Joint event to debate ways of providing effective legal remedies to thousands of arrests in wake of 2016 coup.
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OpinionData protection bill must not take migrants' rights away
Government is proposing to remove protections that could be be a matter of life and death in asylum cases.
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OpinionState of the union: Keeping solicitors in focus
Video pilots are all very well but the lawyer’s participation in hearings must not be overlooked
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OpinionWales: a timely Commission
Solicitors can help put Wales at the forefront of justice, writes former LCJ Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd.
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OpinionFollow France on disclosure
Judges should be given an active, semi-inquisitorial role to resolve current problems.
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OpinionCovering the cost of legal aid deficiencies
Access to justice concerns often centre around the most vulnerable, but we should not forget about the 'just about managing' families.
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OpinionThe likely Brexit outcome for solicitors
What will the future look like for solicitors in a post-Brexit Britain?
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OpinionLearning from failure: even unsuccessful legal innovations have payoffs
Sue Bramall discusses the need for learning from failure in order to create successful legal innovations.
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OpinionNo special favours for LiPs, but the rules have to change
Today’s Supreme Court judgment was right on all sides - now it’s time to help litigants
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OpinionI’m currently considering re-training to become a solicitor, and I was hoping for some advice on the best route of entry in later life.
Dear Suzanne I’m currently considering re-training to become a solicitor, and I was hoping for some advice on the best route of entry in later life. I’m 28, and have spent the 10 years since leaving college working in procurement and supply chain, to the point of becoming a CIPS ...
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OpinionBesides passing the QLTS, how can I make my CV attractive for British firms?
I am a European lawyer registered with the SRA. I hold a Master’s in Litigation and Arbitration, have 3 years PQE in regulatory compliance and financial crime Investigations and speak four useful languages quite well.
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OpinionLGBT lawyers overseas - Are law firms doing enough?
The Law Society believes that the legal profession has a role to play in championing the values and concepts of justice, fairness, equity and legitimacy.
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OpinionLessons from the USA
Jonathan Goldsmith looks at lessons to be learned from the American Bar Association.
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OpinionSignal problems
Despite Whitehall dragging its feet on an online court, digital processes are being piloted.