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Latest blog – Page 20
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OpinionNew bill may create hostile environment for media
Is public interest journalism about to be outlawed on national security grounds?
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OpinionIndustrial revolution
Is generative AI about to do for legal services what the spinning jenny did for the textile industry?
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OpinionHillsborough families let down by the state - again
Victims want legal representation and a duty of candour, not this diluted offer.
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OpinionMother in Law: Stuck in bad habits? Seek out small wins
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionFooting the bill for our own values
We need to wean ourselves off the notion that the government is going to continue to pay for everything forever.
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OpinionLabour's bingo card
Plumbers do not have to pay out of their own pockets for people to have access to sound pipes. Do solicitors have broader social obligations to their sector?
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OpinionHMCTS was forewarned about the risk of digital courts
Rather than dismissing critics as Luddites the MoJ should have listened to court users.
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OpinionRisks and regulatory changes to look out for
Sanctions, AML compliance, SRA fining powers and a new enforcement strategy - the complexity of law firm risk mitigation and compliance is ever increasing.
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OpinionCommon platform fails to deliver
It is not a case of users adapting, but providers reviewing a dysfunctional system that may have been launched too soon.
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OpinionWhy we need a data lab for justice
We have systematically failed to collect data to help us understand who is in the justice system, or what happens to them.
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OpinionThe climate crisis and the courts
Just as Gandhi was a highly controversial figure in his lifetime, so were the defendants in Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court last week.
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OpinionCalling Putin to account for crime of aggression
A plan to create a new tribunal that would try Russian leaders on allegations of aggression gains traction within the international community.
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OpinionTruth at a premium
Inquiry into whiplash claims and impact of reform will seek to determine whether government has met objective of passing on cost savings to motorists through lower premiums.
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OpinionConsent – a missed opportunity for an important discussion
Channel 4 drama promised to be a show that would draw attention to the complexity of sexual allegations involving school aged children, but Consent falls short.
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OpinionMentors and mentees wanted: Judicial Reverse Mentoring Scheme
Scheme matches legal professionals from under-represented groups to mentor a judge (who will be their mentee).
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OpinionBritcoin is not as bonkers as it sounds
Access to public - central bank - money is essential for stability in the post-cash economy.
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OpinionWelcome to the Ministry of High Standards and Professionalism
We must not take what happens – or indeed dies in silence - in our Ministry of Justice as indicative of what happens in the wider world, and certainly not as being normal.
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OpinionDisclosure: dealing with a deluge of data
Data volumes are growing faster than human-only disclosure review teams could possibly keep up with.
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OpinionRate for the job
There’s a reason only 4% of duty solicitors are under 35. It’s the same reason the NHS has 50,000 nursing vacancies.