All articles by Jonathan Goldsmith
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OpinionLawyers feeling the impact of Iran war
There have been various articles on the impact of the Iran war, but I have not come across any that considers the overall impact on law globally.
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OpinionAn 'all-encompassing moral ideology'? Not quite
Jonathan Goldsmith reviews 'Survival Codes: World Law and the Future of Humanity'.
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OpinionLawyers and the Panama Papers – 10 years later
Back in 2016, I was both wrong and right about what I predicted the consequences would be for lawyers.
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OpinionEnglish law in an uncertain world
New report analyses what has made English law so durable and economically successful, with recommendations to make it more so.
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OpinionLawyers and migration: a landmark case
Regvar v Slovenia may not be a classic case of deportation, but the court may still struggle to resist the campaign to give member states more say over migration matters.
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OpinionReflections after a council meeting
Members can think those governing a members’ body don’t have a clue. But the Law Society Council meeting last week showed we are at the heart of their current concerns.
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OpinionThe economic riddle of the rule of law
China's experience since the mid-1990s is a challenge to the magic ingredient theory.
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OpinionWhat has the rules-based order ever done for us?
This is a good time to reflect on what the ‘international rules-based order’ means for lawyers.
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OpinionWhy did you become a lawyer?
The Gazette has a regular feature on ‘Lawyer in the News’, interviewing a solicitor whose client’s case has hit the headlines.
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OpinionThe urgent need to think of a new regulatory future
It is unacceptable to continue expecting solicitors to pay for a model with such a record of failure.
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OpinionMy digested week
A firm closure, an agentic AI and the deadline for the Ministry of Justice client account interest consultation.
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OpinionEscaping Donald Trump’s mind
Lawyers’ efforts to gain Trump's attention last week seem to have come to nothing.
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OpinionOn not being Brooklyn Beckham
Social media is a compulsion we carry in our pockets, and can’t resist looking at for longer and longer. It must be having an impact on the solicitor-brain.
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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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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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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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OpinionSomething is going to snap in 2026
Treatment of solicitors directly contradicts the government’s overall stated aim of deregulation.
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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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OpinionWho’s erasing whom? – a Christmas story
Here is a feel-good tale, at a time of year when feel-good tales are expected as part of the seasonal background, along with tinsel and carols.