Commentary and opinion – Page 4
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OpinionI have seen the future, and we survive
There may be big potential changes ahead, but I predict they will not be fatal to the sector.
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OpinionSuccess of 'bold' reforms too early to call
The Ministry of Justice predicted that extending fixed recoverable costs would make legal costs ‘more certain and predictable’. So far, it appears the opposite has happened.
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OpinionTwo hopeful cases for the legal profession
The outcome of the cases last week, at opposite ends of our continent, bring good news.
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OpinionInjecting morality into international law
States and international courts should act for the betterment of humanity.
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OpinionMother in Law: The best things in life take time
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
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OpinionCould we learn from Toronto’s £500m courthouse?
As David Lammy heads to Toronto to witness court reforms that introduced judge-only trials, a chance to revisit John Hyde’s trip to the Ontario Court of Justice last autumn.
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Opinion'A stone in the shoe' saves nine - online
Now that international law has been so definitively incinerated in Venezuela, our ability to resist the tech/AI flood will be almost nil.
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OpinionHillsborough Law: increasing accountability
The Public Accountability Bill will rectify many of the problems with the current systems, but it could go further.
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OpinionShow legal aid lawyers the money
Lammy has announced a £20m grant to support people with social welfare and family issues but legal aid lawyers providing similar support are still waiting for a pay rise.
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OpinionData protection predictions for 2026
Data protection laws in the UK and other jurisdictions will continue to evolve to meet novel challenges.
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OpinionSomething is going to snap in 2026
Treatment of solicitors directly contradicts the government’s overall stated aim of deregulation.
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OpinionThe UK’s animal welfare laws look impressive, until you ask who enforces them
The UK's statutory architecture appears comprehensive and designed to deliver meaningful protection for the more than one billion farmed animals within UK borders each year.
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OpinionNew selling point: we are human
Solicitors have one superpower which AI cannot take away. We are a trusted human source.
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OpinionThe SRA must move on from SLAPPs
Regulatory assault on media lawyers for 'strategic litigation against public participation' is now doing more harm than good.
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OpinionRemoving Ukraine's Belgian road block
Whatever the reasons for Belgium’s position on the use of seized Russian assets, its government may be running out of road.
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