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OpinionTackling money laundering: making sure firms are doing their job
If we don’t successfully address the problem, the social, economic and security consequences can be devastating.
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OpinionPassing the buck: corporate liability reform must not be further delayed
Action - including an extension of the 'failure to prevent' offence - is long overdue.
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OpinionA CJEU decision touching UK citizens with an EU nationality
UK citizens with a second EU nationality must become acquainted with the nationality law of their second Member State.
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OpinionMuddying the waters on assisted suicide?
Royal College of Physicians ties itself in knots over policy on assisted suicide.
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OpinionDamage limitation in personal injury
Personal injury firms are struggling to stay in business.
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Small comfort for SMEs
Tribunal is the only forum that will restore trust between SMEs and their lenders.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: Tantrums, Twitter and standstill agreements.
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OpinionShould partners be wary of taking the DWF listing option?
IPOs present a major opportunity for law firms to reward existing partners, but there are other considerations.
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OpinionNon-traditional paths to law
Legal profession is now more flexible in the opportunities it affords.
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OpinionResisting more soft law for lawyers
Our ethical codes should be our guide when deciding what is in the public interest.
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OpinionEnding bias in law firms would also boost productivity
There are firms who cannot tell their BAME women lawyers apart.
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OpinionMarking 100 years of women in the law
How legislation allowing women into the law made the statute books.
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OpinionFighting for vulnerable migrant women's rights
There is a great imbalance in how the hostile environment treats women.
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OpinionTop-ranking partners must lead from the front
In another 100 years, gender equality must be a given rather than a conversation. But change has to come from the top.
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OpinionWomen do not need authority to achieve
The idea that women need to be empowered is patronising and implies inequality of power.
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OpinionIf we leave women to correct gender inequality, it will take forever
Men calling out gender inequality is welcome and essential.
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OpinionTwitter punch to magistrate's 'gut instinct' was unnecessary
The legal profession should be supporting the likes of Luke Penney, not tearing him to shreds over two words.
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OpinionSome special relationship
The open market of England and Wales leaves us in a weak bargaining position when it comes to any post-Brexit trade deals