Commentary and opinion – Page 124
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OpinionSecond-guessing policy: the rule of law after UNISON
Supreme Court judgment took over a policy question that it was not for the court to decide.
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OpinionFuture claimants will feed algorithms, not fight insurers
Opponents of PI reforms seem to miss a key factor: the legal system as they know it is disappearing.
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OpinionLure of the Irish route
Ireland is fielding an upsurge in UK lawyers keen to safeguard their EU rights post-Brexit. There is still all to play for.
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OpinionHow achievable are the government's RTA claim reforms?
Patrick Allen asks how the government can put reforms for road traffic accident claims into place in just 12 months.
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OpinionWhat gender pay gap reporting doesn’t tell you: the partner pay gap
Sarah Chilton addresses the often hidden partner gender pay gap.
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OpinionMaking up the hours
An electronic costs bill is long overdue but reform does not have to mean chaos.
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OpinionGetting on with the job
The Law Society’s new Board will build on excellent work to promote and support the profession.
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OpinionProgress of working mothers
Mothers’ Day 2018 causes Melinda Giles and Charlie Wenborne, partners at Giles Wilson Solicitors, to compare their experiences of maternity care for working women in law firms 27 years apart.
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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.