Latest blog – Page 198
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OpinionChinese lawyers: a growth story
Disparities still exist, but - like the country as a whole - China’s lawyers are ready to enter the world stage.
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OpinionRebekah Brooks is innocent. Move on.
Everyone seems to have an opinion on high-profile trials, but justice is not Big Brother.
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OpinionInfant claims: a big problem
District judges must toe the line and allow success fees in infant claims.
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OpinionAre you tech savvy?
The pressure for lawyers to improve their IT skills is becoming irresistible.
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OpinionGiving litigants in person a helping hand
As officers of the court we have a duty to help litigants in person.
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OpinionComputer update
Solicitors need to learn that using technology effectively is about simplifying life.
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OpinionEuropean patents – who can act?
Unified Patent Court consultation stirs debate about who can act in a specialist legal area and the value of a broad-based education.
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OpinionWindow shopping for lawyers
Solicitors behind the buying and selling of houses need to be publicly celebrated.
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OpinionDon’t dismiss the value of students when couples split
Law students have a useful administrative role to play in divorce cases and will be able to ease workloads and reduce delays.
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OpinionCharge of the land brigade
Land Registry has bent slightly to critics, but questions remain over its future.
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OpinionWhy lawyers and mediators must pull together
To expand the market for family law, lawyers and mediators must learn to work in tandem and make their services affordable for average-income private clients.
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OpinionHow to market and work part-time
Simply being smarter with your time means that a career break or reduced hours do not need to limit your marketing and business development activities.
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OpinionCharities and tax exemptions
A landmark test case will modernise the legal definition of ‘a charity’.
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OpinionLawyers and trade secrets
There may be serious knock-on effects on lawyers under EU plans to harmonise trade secrets legislation across the Union.
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OpinionPoor Goliath can’t even raise a smile
Corporations are guilty of disingenuous nonsense when they scaremonger about claims.
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OpinionGet up, stand up for IP rights
How does a judgment in a Bob Marley copyright case affect the interpretation of contracts?
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OpinionGrayling should embrace the fourth revolution
The lord chancellor’s Public Defender Service strategy illustrates the tendency of the state to grow, no matter what.
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OpinionPortal problems
Defendants complain of behaviour deliberately designed to avoid EL/PL portal.