Commentary and opinion – Page 36
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Mother in Law: A new year
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Lessons from St Helena
Our criminal justice system is in crisis: what can we learn from overseas territories?
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2023: Working practices for law firms are changing
Careers with a purpose, true hybrid evolution, and a goodbye to remote working policies? A look at what we could see in the year to come.
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Windrush 'Lessons Learned' review appears doomed to fail
It's hard to fathom how we can have confidence in the non-executive director appointed to work on the review's recommendations with the current home secretary in charge.
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End-of-year review
From public sector strikes, through to the Russian invasion, climate change, and the death of the Queen, law firms have faced a myriad challenging issues.
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Unified court for migrant children
A ‘one stop’ court covering immigration, crime and local authority care is needed to replace the fragmented system for migrant children arriving in this country.
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'I wasn’t even invited to the Christmas party': the consultant’s lonely life
An anonymous consultant solicitor shares their experience of remote working.
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Fusion works - but will lawyers let it?
Breakthroughs have been hyped before. But that doesn’t mean that this time around it’s not for real.
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Legal professional privilege reaffirmed
Court of Justice of the European Union decides interesting case on lawyers' rights.
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Time for a rethink on extending fixed costs
MoJ's decision to press ‘pause’ on the extension of fixed costs is wise. Should it now press the 'delete' button?
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Offering £900 legal fees for Post Office victims is laughable
We risk inflicting yet more injustice on these people if they are denied proper legal advice.
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Mother in Law: 100 wellbeing tips
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Truth matters in court reporting
A welcome ruling confirms the value of the contemporaneous shorthand note.
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The SRA and whistleblowing
The regulator has long encouraged whistleblowing. Now it wants to be recognised as an official body to which a whistleblowing disclosure can be made.
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Raab's rights bill: there may be trouble ahead
The justice secretary is confident his Bill of Rights Bill will have 'overwhelming support' at its second reading. But that is only the beginning.
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Crypto needs cohesive regulation
It remains to be seen whether the divergent approaches of the UK, EU and US can be brought into alignment.
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Turns out the power-hungry SRA couldn’t be trusted
Regulator had no system in place for reporting larger fines. Yet it went ahead anyway.
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Mother in Law: Who reads my letters – and yours
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.