Latest blog – Page 117
-
OpinionIT and the definition of cross-border legal services
The rise in unregulated electronic platforms has caught the international trading system unawares.
-
OpinionThe right to a jury trial in Northern Ireland
Supreme Court to consider whether ex-soldier can be tried without a jury.
-
OpinionLabour's share plan needs work
Notion of workers having more say enjoys broad support, but Labour’s employee ownership plans would prove a real headache for City law firms.
-
OpinionLesson from Kavanaugh hearing: thank goodness for our system
We don’t know the politics of our Supreme Court justices and we don’t need to know.
-
OpinionMagistrates' courts: a legal sausage factory
Magistrates' numbers are falling, the listings system is chaotic and morale is low.
-
OpinionFood for thought for new SFO chief
Two court rulings will give Lisa Osofsky plenty to think about as she continues her SFO baptism.
-
OpinionYour team, your future, your retirement solution
The best managers make themselves redundant. This should be a mantra for the owners of law firms.
-
OpinionLaw Society scores in strategic litigation
Chancery Lane shows its worth in courtroom challenges over legal aid, advice privilege and mass surveillance.
-
OpinionPlatform alteration
Old media are still coming to terms with the effect tech giants are having on freedom of expression and privacy.
-
OpinionCould the US child separation horrors be repeated in the UK?
The detention of immigrants’ children has become presidential policy. Is the UK immune or could it soon follow the US?
-
OpinionPropaganda on courts upgrade insults our intelligence
Nobody expects the testing of new technology to run smoothly - so why pretend it did?
-
OpinionSolicitors and drink driving
What does the SRA do in cases where behaviour is criminal but not deliberate?
-
OpinionNo-deal advice: take action now
A torrent of technical papers from DExEU deserves close attention.
-
OpinionVirtual necessities
The increasing use of video hearings raises questions ranging from court etiquette to open justice.
-
OpinionAll about the money
This week’s news tells two very different stories about civil dispute resolution.
-
Opinion'Put up or shut up' culture under the spotlight
First in a series looking at the roles of firm, lawyer and regulator in the fiercely debated case of KP.
-
OpinionNo-deal Brexit: what happens to civil judicial cooperation?
The government's contingency plans aim to provide as much continuity and certainty as possible, explains justice minister Lucy Frazer.
-
OpinionWhose web will Brexit Britain choose?
Europe’s latest regulatory move could entrench the monopolies it seeks to attack.
-
OpinionGroup action questions for businesses
Do directors need to consider opting in or out of collective actions in competition claims affecting their companies?
-
OpinionA Law Society Judiciary Committee?
The UK could emulate one aspect of the US's Supreme Court appointment circus.