All articles by Jonathan Goldsmith
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OpinionWill the MoJ continue to downplay the legal profession's voice?
The most striking recommendation in a report about how the LSB could improve its performance is that the government should carry out a review of legal services regulation by 2029.
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OpinionWill the justice budget ever matter?
We in the UK can only dream about our national justice budget more than doubling.
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OpinionThe UK slides down the rule of law rankings
World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index 2026 has some interesting lessons for us all.
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OpinionRising regulatory tension: waiting for something to happen
At the Law Society’s AGM last week, there was a feeling shared by everyone that our current regulatory structure is not fit for purpose.
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OpinionStruggling against a flood of AI thoughts
There is a division between those who welcome, and those who are enraged by, the arrival of artifical intelligence.
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OpinionAsk what you can do for your country
In the recent debate over the triple lock and a national care service, no-one has suggested that newly-found money would be better spent on justice.
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OpinionGlorious statistics and their consequences
Exports are soaring: the legal profession would benefit if our economic contribution to the world economy were better recognised.
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OpinionTwo important cases on LPP in Europe and the US
Cases concerning legal professional privilege are going to the highest courts in Europe and the US respectively.
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OpinionLawyers must join the calls for international regulation of AI
The future racing towards us – unregulated superintelligent AI - is one without law, without the rule of law, without access to justice and without liability.
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OpinionThe independence of in-house lawyers - again
It was not a quiet August for in-house lawyers.
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OpinionCity firms must be alive to profit levy threat
What are the consequences of economic inequality in the profession?
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OpinionAn MoJ out of kilter with underlying reality
How often do we have to recite the economic contribution of solicitors to the economy before our importance is reflected in public and government life?
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OpinionMore turbulence from the US for the rule of law
The Trump administration continues to disturb and overthrow previous understandings of the international legal order, with ramifications for the UK.
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OpinionTo all decision-makers: stop giving AI a free ride
UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s guide published last week is context-free, as if the use of AI poses no more dangers than our collectively using pen and paper.
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OpinionShould there be a new rule promoting solicitor wellbeing?
At a recent roundtable that I participated in, I was struck by the strong rush of anxieties around wellbeing and work, often focused around the billable hour.
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OpinionRed, amber, green: Law Society policymaking
My role as chair of the Law Society’s Policy and Regulatory Affairs Committee.
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OpinionSo what will Andy Burnham do for us?
We have been warned that all departments need to make cuts to meet our defence needs. That is not good news for our profession.
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OpinionWhen it comes to AI, listen to Cassandra
We’re being stampeded into a world that is not regulated, that is not owned by us, and whose ultimate fate we cannot control.
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OpinionTrapped in the Department of Justice
A look at the character Pyotr Sorin in Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’.
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