Latest blog – Page 161
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OpinionLGBT: celebrating difference
Things are improving for LGBT solicitors but the profession must do more.
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OpinionWar and Peace and 'lawfare'
When only one side accepts them, humanitarian conventions are doomed.
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OpinionOmbudsman feeding a witch-hunt
There’s nothing wrong with informing consumers, but could we give them the full story perhaps?
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OpinionEuropean arrest warrant revisited
A new project aims to look at issues around what is seen as the most successful criminal law instrument developed by the EU.
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OpinionSupreme leaders?
Is judicial overreach a threat to the rule of law and effective government?
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OpinionLegal regulation: here we go again
In one of the world’s most liberal markets, the CMA’s inquiry is oddly timed.
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OpinionHitting the vulnerable hard
Proposed reforms of the small claims procedure would deal a devastating blow to justice.
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OpinionLosing weight and law firm marketing
Strategic marketing is like going on a January diet - it won’t work without a fundamental change in behaviour.
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OpinionBilling: a need-to-know change
Lawyers must be adequately briefed on new electronic billing if it is to be introduced without wasting time and expense.
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OpinionTime to bully lawyers
The government’s lawyer-bashing contrasts sharply with its appeasement of disgraced bankers and media groups.
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OpinionWake up and smell the coffee
Lawyers can learn a lot from the irresistible rise of Starbucks and its rivals.
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Opinion‘Traditional’ law firm virtues
Liberalisation has shown there is no ‘quick buck’ to be made in the law.
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OpinionLocking up the lawyers
With the rule of law under attack all over the world, has it ever been more dangerous to defend the rights of others?
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OpinionInsurers and whiplash – sultans of spin
The media is seemingly ignorant of the grievous impact of George Osborne’s reforms on access to justice for PI victims.
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OpinionWould you choose pay over perks?
Survey raises interesting question about the importance of workplace benefits.
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OpinionMerger mania can be a road to ruin
The dramatic downfall of Parabis shows big is not always beautiful.
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OpinionThe UK: from empire to colony?
EU law will continue to govern our data protection regime regardless of whether we are in or out of the union.
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OpinionGruesome centenaries of 2016
Why lawyers should remember the Somme, the Easter Rising and the Casement trial 100 years on.