Latest blog – Page 47
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OpinionClear evidence that the SFO is making progress
With more direct challenges to case work decisions, outcomes will improve and the risk of future case failures will reduce.
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OpinionChalk – and cheese?
The new lord chancellor and justice secretary is unlikely to have clout in cabinet to secure the funding and investment the justice system so desperately needs. But he's far from powerless.
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OpinionStop the 'Squid Game' of solicitor training
We need greater diversity in training opportunities - it’s time for smaller law firms, not-for-profits and in-house teams to get on board.
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OpinionLessons of the CBI scandal
Are our systems robust enough to encourage an environment where people can both work easily with each other and also call out wrong behaviour?
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OpinionMother in Law: All present and correct – but at what cost?
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Opinion'No shocks': CLC sets out its stall
Council for Licensed Conveyancers chiefs explain what sets niche regulator apart from the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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OpinionA change in the weather
Like it or not, climate change is a fast-growing business risk for lawyers.
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OpinionImpact of the cost-of-living crisis on the access to justice sector
Without a properly funded justice system, more people will decline further into poverty and their health and wellbeing will suffer.
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OpinionHow to return to work in the law
A network of allies, colleagues, mentors and peers is extremely important.
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OpinionRaab is no martyr of the snowflake era, he’s a lesson to us all
Workplace culture is a huge issue in the legal profession. The Tolley report should be required reading.
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Opinion'Activist lawyers' and the duty of independence
Representation, like justice, should be blind.
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OpinionMinding the language
Family breakups are lifechanging. The language of the law should connote their gravity.
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OpinionWhat is 'world leading' about rolling back data protections?
Proposed data bill seeks to water down the insufficient protections we currently have.
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OpinionWhen BigLaw's mask slips
'Non-negotiable expectations' of how junior lawyers should behave, shared at a US firm's training event, have created an inevitable online storm.
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OpinionEven after Putin's warning, would Armenia gain by joining the ICC?
Russia’s threat of retaliation should Armenia join the international court puts Armenia in a bind. But membership may even lead to unexpected legal jeopardy for the Caucasian nation.
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OpinionQOCS: a shift in the balance of power
How the new qualified one-way costs shifting rules will affect litigation dynamics and behaviour will soon become apparent.
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