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OpinionCompetitive advantage
Core witness-handling skills will be tested in new affordable advocacy training.
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OpinionJustice redefined
Our guiding principle will be not what is moral, but what can be automated.
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OpinionHeathrow runway litigation: brace for impact
Further rounds of legal challenges to airport expansion will bring the law into disrepute.
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OpinionLegal trouble with ‘aid for trade’
Legal and governance problems arise from the international development secretary's latest aim.
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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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OpinionCSR – on to a good thing
From pro bono to volunteering, the CSR ‘label’ adds impetus to the best initiatives.
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OpinionJeremy Hunt’s unhealthy proposal
The health secretary’s rapid redress scheme is another exercise in trashing the value of lawyers.
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OpinionTips for returning to a legal career
It requires thought, but lawyers can relaunch their career in their 50s.
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OpinionJustice for victims of Gaza flotilla raid?
The Israel-Turkey agreement over the 2010 raid sidelines its victims and does nothing to contribute to a wider peace process.
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OpinionThirty years of the CPS
The CPS has come a long way since 1986, and our commitment to delivering justice is stronger than ever.
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OpinionWhiplash debate and respecting people’s rights
Pledges that motor premiums would fall by £50 were blatant spin.
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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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OpinionAt last we will know how proportionality works
Damaging uncertainty about the Jackson rule has gone on for long enough.
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OpinionTruss juggles with Osborne's whiplash baby
Claimants can allow themselves a small celebration today.
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OpinionImmigration appeal fee hikes: are they lawful?
Proposals risk insidious erosion of access to justice for those whose needs are most acute.
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OpinionSporting chance
To enhance their professional and personal lives, women lawyers should find time for sport, Alex Kelham argues.
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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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OpinionLight up purple
Today is world mental health day – and lawyer-managers need to do more for their staff, says Richard Martin