All articles by Jonathan Goldsmith – Page 11
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OpinionHow Strasbourg protects lawyers’ rights
There has been public speculation that one of the reasons why Dominic Raab accepted becoming lord chancellor was to enable him to have another go at abolishing the 1998 Human Rights Act.
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OpinionWho can save Maxim Znak?
What can we do to help our colleagues, other than have our professional organisations write letters?
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OpinionWhat happens when the robots go rogue?
Who pays the bill when AI gets it wrong is a question that will soon become central to a lawyer's work.
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Opinion‘Staying on’ in the EU
I hope that someone somewhere is writing a history of those UK nationals who remain living in the EU after the UK’s decision to leave, examining why they stayed, how they feel about the experience, and whether they are prospering.
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OpinionHands off our private lives
Professional organisations now aim to turn lawyers into active citizens beyond the office.
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OpinionWhat does climate change mean for your practice?
Whether believers or deniers, the work related to climate change is already here and needs to be dealt with.
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OpinionHelp from abroad on remote hearings
Guidelines set out certain fundamental principles for fairness, access to materials and equality of arms.
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OpinionGlobal Britain – the ups and downs for lawyers
'Global Britain' means two things: the outward story of our lawyers being able to practise in other countries, and the inward position covering other countries' use of our domestic legal services.
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OpinionWhy our AML regime needs a radical overhaul
We need to be bold - consider the French bar’s solution, under which lawyers are not allowed to hold clients’ money.
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OpinionShould governments be trammelled or untrammelled?
Electorates, being human, can make mistakes. Governments can, too.
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OpinionWe don’t have to be Eeyores about our future
The future of the legal profession may not be as gloomy as some doomsayers predict.
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OpinionShould regulation toughen us up or protect the client?
A Legal Services Board report raises an interesting question for all lawyers.
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OpinionShould our law firms still represent the Belarus government?
You can tell the nature of a country from the way it treats its lawyers.
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OpinionA SLAPP in the face for free speech
The Queen’s speech announced the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, which will seek to strengthen academic freedom and free speech in universities in England.
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OpinionWill lawyer nomads become a thing?
Nomads are seen by some as primitive people, escaping the restrictions and benefits of settled society.
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OpinionNo, lawyers are not like hitmen
The fact that lawyer abuse is now happening on such a regular basis is a failure internationally of our professional bodies.
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OpinionScandinavia reviews our legal market
Denmark, Norway and Sweden are concerned about a political focus on increasing competition in the legal services sector in their own countries.
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OpinionLegal education will never be the same
I assume that conference organisers everywhere are in crisis.
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OpinionLawyers’ Brexit issues updated
More than three months have passed since the final act of Brexit. The consequences for lawyers are still being worked out.
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OpinionFirst they came for Essex Court Chambers
Solicitors need help to navigate the perils that exist between client wishes and the clamour of public policy or the strong arm of a powerful state.