Commentary and opinion – Page 155
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OpinionLaw in the future
We can’t predict the exact nature of threats to legal services. So future plans should be of only the broadest variety.
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OpinionThe Charlie and Lola election campaign
Political parties seem to be burying legal issues in the run-up to this May’s poll.
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OpinionHuman rights defenders should defend TTIP too
Free trade gives ruling elites a stake in the rule of law.
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OpinionCompetition and Markets Authority – one year on
What has the body responsible for enforcing UK competition law achieved in the year since it was established?
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OpinionWhen a fund united the profession
A 1919 list of contributors show solicitors putting their hands into their pockets to commemorate the fallen.
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OpinionMuch of the Quindell-Slater deal makes no sense
Slater and Gordon’s Quindell acquisition looks like a risky strategic departure.
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OpinionThe brightest and the bench
Has the senior judiciary reached a tipping point in terms of attracting candidates of the highest calibre?
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OpinionLawyers reflect on racism
‘Diversity’ was not a word district judge Tan Ikram heard much in the 1990s, he told attendees at the launch of the Law Society’s Ethnic Minority Lawyers Division earlier this month.
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OpinionIn-house lawyers – a paradox
Countries across the EU treat in-house lawyers differently. Why?
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OpinionSRA should apologise for closure blunder
Andrew Williams’ professional reputation was savaged within 30 minutes – isn’t it time someone said sorry?
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Opinion70 years without the ‘Wizard’
In 1945 the passing of David Lloyd George, the only solicitor to become prime minister, was marked with purple prose.
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OpinionClient accounts – French connection
Regulators are looking across the channel for ideas on handling client money. But France treats its lawyers like grown-ups.
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OpinionEthical pursuit of prosperity
Human rights abuses are not just morally wrong, they are also bad for business.
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OpinionWe can’t go on as we are
Regulate the unregulated and ride the technological wave – or clients will suffer.
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OpinionExplaining justice to the public
Staff running the pioneering war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia have found community outreach work vital.
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OpinionTaxing budget for solicitors
Government legislates in haste to close tax loopholes. But history suggests this is unwise.
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OpinionBudgeting blues in clin neg
Agreeing budgets in clinical negligence is rarer than a sighting of Bigfoot.
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OpinionQS drifts towards normality
The company that promised to turn the legal world upside down has had to retreat.