Commentary and opinion – Page 9
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OpinionHow can we tell what is true anymore?
Two recent stories highlight the need for care in everyday legal life. Both caution against naivety.
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OpinionMother in Law: Go with your gut – at home and at work
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionLegal aid review: MoJ has plenty of 'hard data'
Recent reports provide enough figures to justify MoJ asking Treasury colleagues for more cash.
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OpinionAlready there? In-house legal and flexible training
New flexibility in the qualification framework for solicitors may open doors to those in a variety of in-house roles.
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OpinionAI will come with a jagged edge
Identifying jobs that lend themselves to automation is neither obvious nor easy.
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Opinion'Ch-ch-changes: turn and face the strange'
The legal profession is changing under our feet. Statistics give only a partial picture.
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OpinionProtesters forced government’s hand on new curbs
New public order powers have been announced by ministers. Different branches of government have promoted the proposed reforms in very different ways.
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OpinionWho wins from PACCAR? Cartelists and corporate wrongdoers
Government should deal head on with last year's Supreme Court ruling, Road Haulage Association chief writes.
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OpinionJunior lawyers: Sherlock Holmes and business development
Martin Whitehorn shares an excerpt from a story that inspired him.
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OpinionIs it different if we profit from providing a foreign court?
We never consider that our country makes an appreciable living through the provision of what is in effect a foreign court to other countries.
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OpinionThe plight of women facing Taliban courts
A legal scholar in Afghanistan, whose real identity is known to the Gazette, has sent the following disturbing report.
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OpinionTransparency pilot offers a window on society
Expansion of media reporting will play a vital role in revealing how decisions are made in the family courts.
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OpinionMother in Law: Selling properties held by a surviving tenant in common
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionIf only lawyers had tractors
Farmer demonstrators carried slogans like ‘No farmers, no food’. We could say ‘No lawyers, no justice’.
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OpinionFrom ADHD to LLB
Navigating the legal profession with high-functioning attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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OpinionWhat the ICJ ‘genocide’ ruling means for Israel
The ICJ president Joan Donoghue must have tried hard to reach agreement on South Africa’s claim against Israel under the Genocide Convention of 1948.
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OpinionHuge fines show SRA is misusing its powers
The regulator has radically increased its powers since its creation in 2007, with no corresponding increase in accountability.
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OpinionThe trainees of tomorrow – time to change our expectations?
Expectations placed on aspiring lawyers have shifted with the times, as has the skillset. And it’s shifting again.
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OpinionLabour's great lord chancellor
Richard Burdon Haldane was in the thick of almost every major political and intellectual debate of the day.