Commentary and opinion – Page 155
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OpinionGruesome centenaries of 2016
Why lawyers should remember the Somme, the Easter Rising and the Casement trial 100 years on.
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OpinionUse cybersecurity to your advantage
In-house lawyers have an opportunity to show their mettle as organisations defend themselves.
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OpinionAnother big challenge for the PI sector
The assignment of CFAs is a key battle for claimant firms.
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OpinionPrison for financial crime
Confirmation of a long sentence for rigging Libor is a flash of steel at a time when the political pressure on corporate wrongdoing seems to be easing.
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OpinionCollapse of PI – time to reinvent your firm
Personal injury lawyers need to rethink their strategy to mitigate the impact of the change to the small-claims limit.
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OpinionGive prisoners a Christmas party this year
Michael Gove is excelling in his prison policy – but the Grinch look doesn’t fit.
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OpinionPeaceful protest has to be peaceful
Freedom of expression does not mean freedom to sabotage.
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OpinionRebranding your law firm
Repositioning a firm to win more international clients is a sensitive task.
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OpinionNot taking lawyers seriously
Where is the evidence that making legal services regulators independent of their representative bodies will boost competition?
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OpinionCMC regulation – one size does not fit all
Those of us committed to operating openly and ethically should not be damaged too.
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OpinionModernising the 'modernisers'
Policymakers must focus on the legal services we need and discard ideological preconceptions.
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OpinionHM Courts 2.0: a digital future
Selling courts to buy computers is a difficult but necessary choice if we are to avoid ‘precipitous decline’.
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OpinionThe workers, united in a cause
One strand of the ABS revolution has been curiously neglected – employee ownership.
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OpinionUnlimited holiday, what's not to like? Well...
Giving your staff as much leave as they want is not guaranteed to make you popular.
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OpinionCriminal advocacy reform unnecessary
The Ministry of Justice is overestimating how big a problem it has on its hands.
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OpinionThreats to EU rule of law
The rule of law is one of the union’s main values. But two member states have come under recent scrutiny for straying from EU principles.
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OpinionDo your homework on legal training
Reformed routes to qualification must command respect in other jurisdictions.