Commentary and opinion – Page 23
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OpinionWhat in-house needs from reform of legal regulation
More support for good in-house lawyers – and further to fall for ‘bad’ ones.
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OpinionThe consequences of the riots for lawyers
Some significant changes for the legal profession are becoming apparent only now.
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OpinionAI action plans need to weather the coming winter
Legislators are treating the technology as an unstoppable force. It isn't.
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OpinionUK riots: underpaid, overstretched lawyers to the rescue
The government's criminal justice response will be heavily dependent on lawyers' goodwill and sense of duty.
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OpinionCourt approval added to assisted dying bill
Although still recognisably the measure Lord Falconer has been trying to get through parliament for a decade, his latest bill has picked up some safeguards along the way.
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OpinionMother in Law: Procrastination part 2 – slay the day!
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionPlanning: is a change gonna come?
We may not get the planning system that we deserve; we will get the one that we pay for.
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OpinionMake sure solicitor apprenticeships come with a badge
Law firms and in-house legal departments that hire apprentices should replicate some of the wider benefits of the traditional 3-4 years at university.
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OpinionFuture of criminal law needs to start with students
How can a career as a criminal practitioner ever compete with the riches on offer in the City?
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OpinionPeaceful climate protest: a headache for Labour
Were the Just Stop Oil activists who were recently sentenced to four and five years in prison justly or unjustly convicted and sentenced?
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OpinionThe need for 'judicial ADR activism' after Churchill v Merthyr Tydfill
For alternative dispute resolution to be a truly integral part of the civil court process, judges must be 'ADR active'.
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OpinionCouncil bodies want shot of SEND legal duties
Am I too cynical in my assessment of what I see as a partial, self-serving report, whose conclusions were never in doubt?
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OpinionMind the caring gap
Caring for someone else isn’t so much of an ‘if’ but a ‘when’ for most of us. Employers need to implement policies that address the unpredictable and emotional nature of caring.
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OpinionThe failures of success
Our profession should not tolerate working hours for young people of over 11 or 12 hours per day, however well-paid they are.
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OpinionKing’s speech: Labour’s long to-do list
‘Hillsborough law’ is promised to be ‘the catalyst for a changed culture in the public sector by improving transparency and accountability’. How can you enforce a measure such as this?
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OpinionMother in Law: Procrastination part 1
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionPost Office scandal already a wake-up call for in-house lawyers
Every senior management team should be asking: are we doing enough for our lawyers?
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OpinionWill AI spark a new type of negligence claim?
While artificial intelligence is fast evolving, the pace of change will be controlled by the level of confidence that humans have in these emerging technologies.