Commentary and opinion – Page 180
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OpinionSocial mobility needs to sound less worthy
Apprenticeships are the obvious route for exposing bright young people from less privileged backgrounds to new opportunities.
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OpinionLegal expenses insurance: very good news
The legal insurance industry is keeping cases away from lawyers but there is good news on client choice.
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OpinionThe spirit of the referral fee ban? It doesn’t exist
SRA is doing what it can with the legislation, but is impotent to stop these arrangements.
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OpinionExorcise these phantom companies
A register of beneficial ownership won’t be perfect but is an idea whose time has come.
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OpinionThe problem with QOCS in defamation and privacy claims
Government proposals will not fulfil the aim of enabling the ‘small man to take on the big defendant’.
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OpinionLaw, history and diversity
Some question whether ‘special’ celebrations of any grouping’s achievements are the right way to promote diversity. I don’t agree.
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OpinionNew standards for lawyer-judge relations
European guidance on relations between lawyers and judges sets benchmarks in areas where there are precious few.
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OpinionWatching briefs
The master of the rolls believes all court proceedings will eventually be televised.
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OpinionTargeting the rule of law
The opportunity to place the rule of law at the heart of the development agenda must not be missed.
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OpinionWhat sort of question is that?
Form-filling is increasingly becoming part of the job. But how many solicitors answer the questions honestly?
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OpinionPII: exit plans
A proactive plan will allow firms that fail to find insurance cover to retain an asset with considerable potential value.
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OpinionLegal aid is still available - but don’t tell anyone
The message that legal aid remains for many areas of law is not being heard. A new poster campaign aims to address the problem.
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OpinionState your identity
The government’s approach to electronic proofs of identity will have implications for solicitors in the near future.
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OpinionGuideline rates: why solicitors must engage
It really is in the profession’s interests to make sure the new guideline hourly rates reflect commercial reality.
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OpinionCultural sensitivities
Should bars lobby on issues which do not directly affect the regulation or practice of law?
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OpinionNuclear vision
With the pace of new build about to quicken, our nuclear law expertise is urgently in need of renewal.
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OpinionPII - who decides who will practise?
Changing the law may not make the slightest bit of difference to the availability of insurance.
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OpinionOf nipples and nooses
Facebook is quite free to set its owns rules about what can and can’t be published.
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OpinionGovernment has fallen out of love with insurance lobby
MoJ decision is a surprise and an overdue boost for claimant firms.
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OpinionEvidence-free policymaking
Justice minister Lord McNally says policy should be founded on ‘an objective and evidence-based analysis of the facts’. How quaint. He doesn’t even appear to believe that himself.