All articles by Jonathan Goldsmith – Page 4
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Opinion
The impact of EU law on lawyers' fees
Will our current level of consumer rights continue if and when the Retained EU Law Bill becomes an act of parliament?
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'The law is closed!'
We need a new Charles Dickens, to highlight the miseries of our disintegrating systems, and in particular our legal system.
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End-of-year review
From public sector strikes, through to the Russian invasion, climate change, and the death of the Queen, law firms have faced a myriad challenging issues.
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Legal professional privilege reaffirmed
Court of Justice of the European Union decides interesting case on lawyers' rights.
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The SRA and whistleblowing
The regulator has long encouraged whistleblowing. Now it wants to be recognised as an official body to which a whistleblowing disclosure can be made.
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Solicitors should not police economic crime
A new addition to the public interest objectives is an attempt to advance specific government policy through regulatory manipulation. It must be resisted.
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Law firms face political threats over ESG
As efforts to combat climate change intensify, we can expect the role of lawyers to be challenged more aggressively.
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Hamlet without the prince
Events to play out this month may have a significant impact on the future identity both of our profession and of the government.
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Does our duty to the client trump the public interest?
From the arguments the question provoked at last week’s International Bar Association conference, it is clear not everyone agrees.
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Protecting the rights of lawyers
A convention protecting only lawyers raises interesting questions, to which there are no easy answers.
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Lawfare slips through parliamentary warfare
Despite many other calls on MPs’ time during the last week of the Truss government, opportunity was still found for a lawfare debate.
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Brave new hybrid world
We may as well get used to the fact that our ways of participating in meetings and inter-connecting have changed forever.
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Russian sanctions move further into legal services
We cannot boast about how indispensable our services are to international trade while expecting our work to escape efforts to cut Russia off from trading with the west.
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Farewell then, Brussels. So what now?
As the Law Society’s Brussels office closes, here’s why we must maintain close ties with our EU neighbours.
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When clients harm us
Concerns about lawyer wellbeing traditionally focus on workplace problems, rather than issues arising from clients.
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Opinion
Needed – a phrase to describe us
Is there a phrase which describes the role of a lawyer truthfully and positively, and which can be used as shorthand in public discourse?
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Manifesto for the new Carolean age
New regulatory settlement for legal services, overhaul of legal education and debate around ethics: Goldsmith's manifesto proposals as the profession looks forward.
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The SRA takes first steps on climate change
The SRA, long silent on matters relating to the profession and climate change, issued two documents last week that mentioned it.
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Striking a better balance than Europe on SLAPPs
The EU goes too far in its legislation to deal with strategic litigation against public participation.
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Developments in climate change for lawyers
The excessive heat of last week, and floods of the recent past, force us to confront an ugly reality, the consequences of which put at risk the rule of law itself.