Commentary and opinion – Page 127
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OpinionSprawling Prisons and Courts Bill is an indigestible mess
No wonder MPs can’t properly scrutinise this key bill – there’s just too much to take in.
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OpinionWhistleblowing and lawyers
A European Commission consultation on whistleblower protection raises important questions of legal professional privilege.
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OpinionBeefing up the bench
Intellect trumps all – standards must not fall as the judiciary addresses its recruitment ‘crisis’.
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OpinionA welcome retreat on bad law
Vulnerable children must always be able to access the help they need.
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OpinionDead in a decade? The collapse of our local press undermines the rule of law
The plight of local newspapers epitomises our diminished civil society - who will hold the parish panjandrums to account?
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OpinionSome hints on fixed costs
Lord Justice Jackson suggests different thresholds may apply for different types of case.
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OpinionMediation, costs and proportionality
Mediation is grounded in the psychology of conflict and its resolution and should be an automatic integrated stage in the litigation process.
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OpinionLawyers and the assault on truth
The part played by lawyers in long-trusted methods of arriving at the truth needs to be publicly reinforced in a convention.
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OpinionLegal education: success by degrees
Don’t be misled – employers continue to set great store by a top law degree.
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OpinionReturning to work and running a practice
You've taken time out to have children. How do you ensure that you can be a success upon returning to the law?
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OpinionSRA and transparency: 'do as we say, not as we do'
The regulator is vulnerable to accusations of hypocrisy after shutting out the public and journalists.
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OpinionFamilies dealing with a ‘guilty’ verdict
There is no official data on how many families have had to sell their homes to repay legal aid.
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OpinionInternational Women’s Day
I want to see a profession where the contributions of all lawyers are valued equally.
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OpinionA legal lacuna in hard Brexit
Even ‘Pitchfork’ Theresa wants more cooperation with the EU on criminal justice – and Brussels is busy.
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OpinionMaintaining access to justice in environmental cases
Removing the costs cap will make it harder for most people to challenge public bodies in the courts, writes shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon.
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OpinionVirtual realities
Our new digital court will probably increase the number of people who need unbundled legal advice.
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OpinionAt fault on no-fault divorce
Family law reform of divorce and for unmarried families is long overdue.
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OpinionHP legal team’s diversity bravery
Will any general counsel in the UK have the guts to replicate the tech giant’s minimum standard sanction?
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OpinionInsurance lobby ensures new PI discount rate is doomed
Once again the government has rolled out the red carpet to insurers – but where is Liz Truss?