Commentary and opinion – Page 25
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OpinionDefendant vs victim rights: A time for change?
Navigating the complexities of a defendant's refusal to attend a sentence hearing demands a careful examination of available options.
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OpinionLawyers are exasperated by net zero U-turns
Environmental law experts give their verdict as Sunak junks key parts of the government’s existing climate change policies.
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OpinionMaternity failings are now sadly all too familiar
Medical negligence solicitors are seeing the same mistakes made again and again.
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OpinionRemoving lawyers from police misconduct hearings is not the answer
Proposal to replace legally qualified chairs with senior police staff is a hugely retrograde step.
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OpinionSLAPPs clampdown must go further
An open letter from journalists and lawyers to justice secretary Alex Chalk.
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OpinionAre you interested in becoming a district judge?
The Judicial Appointments Commission is looking for 100 new district judges - with vacancies across England and Wales, writes Lord Bellamy KC.
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OpinionThe joy of plural pronouns in legal drafting
Language has changed. We should get over our shudders for the sake of simpler, clearer, fairer writing.
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OpinionSticking with the ECHR is not just a political issue
Would pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights lead to the UK’s expulsion from the Council of Europe?
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OpinionGovernment has moral imperative to fix child court backlogs
Family lawyers would welcome an active role from the government in the promotion of alternative dispute resolution.
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OpinionLady Justice is bleeding
Fixed recoverable costs regime is unfit for purpose - the time has come to hold those responsible to account.
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OpinionClick to convey: a lesson from Norway
Want to see what a real home information pack looks like? Look north.
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OpinionLawtech: We must not take our leading position for granted
Our ambition is to make the UK a hub for lawtech, and a haven for legal innovators.
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OpinionMother in Law: Family holidays
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionAbusers abusing ‘parental alienation’
'Parental alienation' is alleged far too often, which is undermining trust in the family courts.
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OpinionChanging Ethical Landscapes
This week we publicly launched our professional ethics programme – Changing Ethical Landscapes web hub.
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OpinionFixed costs extension will mean a worse service. Clients need to be told
There is no point spinning it: the client-lawyer relationship will have to change from October.
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OpinionTime to overhaul legal regulation - again?
Piecemeal changes and mission creep are undermining the 2007 ‘Clementi’ settlement to the point where a wider review is becoming necessary.