All articles by Jonathan Goldsmith – Page 25
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OpinionIT and lawyers’ responsibilities
How can you stay ahead of a fast-moving, intimidatingly vast and complicated subject area?
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OpinionTax and lawyers: confidentiality vs transparency
The European Commission regards lawyer-client confidentiality as unimportant: it is incumbent on the profession to defend it.
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OpinionTrump, Brexit and the rule of law
Lawyers must stand up to the new revolutionaries and stress that procedures take priority over outcomes.
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OpinionEnglish law and foreign investment
Kazakhstan offers an example of how English law can be used to promote UK interests overseas.
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OpinionJustice redefined
Our guiding principle will be not what is moral, but what can be automated.
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OpinionLawyers, Brexit and trade deals
Trade deals are going out of fashion. But there is much lawyers can do to create growth opportunities.
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OpinionCrime and transparency in the EU
Important decisions were taken at EU Council meetings last week on matters ranging from legal aid to enabling tax avoidance.
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OpinionTheresa May and 'activist' lawyers
The UK is now a country that works for everyone – except me. And if you are a lawyer, it might not work for you either.
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OpinionGreat repeal bill – and EU lobbying
The EU lobbying transparency regime will still affect lawyers’ work post-Brexit.
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OpinionSeparation of powers, US-style
How a case involving dentists complicates the debate about splitting regulation from representation.
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OpinionThe impact of the IBA
What good is the International Bar Association to a criminal legal aid solicitor in Rotherham?
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OpinionTTIP, globalisation and lawyers
It is timely to contemplate what the retreat from globalisation might mean for our profession.
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OpinionTransparency, tax and lawyers
Expect tense negotiations over forcing lawyers to disclose the details of tax schemes. But will their outcome matter in light of Brexit?
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OpinionLawyers’ guide to Brexit
Despite the ongoing uncertainty, solicitors could make money out of the leave vote.
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OpinionWe are one profession
Foreign firms competing with world-class City practices will be delighted the LSB is seeking to degrade our quality mark.
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Opinion‘Political correctness’ and lawyers
The scope of new American bar rules on anti-discrimination is controversially broad – is it time for the SRA to revisit its own?
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OpinionA UK centre for legal innovation?
The American Bar Association’s final report on the future of legal services raises some questions for us too.
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OpinionTurkey – a patchwork response from lawyers
How did the profession respond to the attempted coup internationally? And would a unified position have greater impact?