All articles by Jonathan Goldsmith – Page 7
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Opinion
In the AML parade, the emperor has no clothes
Our present financial regulatory structure is not fit for purpose.
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Will the army now be called out for legal sector shortages?
Access to legal services is the Cinderella of our national scene: abandoned in the scullery.
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How 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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Who can save Maxim Znak?
What can we do to help our colleagues, other than have our professional organisations write letters?
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What 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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‘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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Hands off our private lives
Professional organisations now aim to turn lawyers into active citizens beyond the office.
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What 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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Help from abroad on remote hearings
Guidelines set out certain fundamental principles for fairness, access to materials and equality of arms.
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Global 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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Why 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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Should governments be trammelled or untrammelled?
Electorates, being human, can make mistakes. Governments can, too.
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Opinion
We 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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Should regulation toughen us up or protect the client?
A Legal Services Board report raises an interesting question for all lawyers.
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Opinion
Should 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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A 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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Will 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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No, 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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Scandinavia 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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Legal education will never be the same
I assume that conference organisers everywhere are in crisis.