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OpinionChisinau declaration: what it is – and what it is not
Given the intensity of public debate around migration and human rights, it is important to be honest and precise about the declaration adopted by the Council of Europe.
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OpinionWhy 'tax adviser' status risks creating more confusion than clarity for conveyancing firms
Current approach introduces a label without improving the underlying process.
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OpinionShow me your skeletons!
Open justice depends upon access to the written materials that constitute much of modern proceedings.
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OpinionHaving your say: a change in editorial policy
From 1 June, the Gazette will no longer allow anonymous reader comments.
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OpinionBuilding the bridge between legal education and lifelong learning in practice
We need to rethink what professional development means.
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OpinionLords' justice?
‘Justice for Property Rights’ is another lobby group that has popped out of nowhere pledging to root for ‘ordinary people’ against dastardly legislators.
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OpinionGroup action regime will be no fee bonanza
There was big news on collective actions last month, but it was not the announcement everyone was expecting.
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OpinionSRA failures: content or structure, or both?
We are approaching a crossroads with the regulator, and decisions will soon have to be made. First, we need urgently to decide what has gone wrong.
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OpinionMental Health Awareness Week: Legal education, wellbeing and the workplace
If we start early, we can foster healthy environments for aspiring and junior lawyers.
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OpinionLaw firm collapses convince SRA that client account is unsustainable
Solicitors and firms will fund the clear-up for now - and can expect fresh assaults on the client account.
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OpinionMother in Law: Meeting targets when you don't have enough work
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
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OpinionAI: balancing TMI with FOMO
Most of us would be happy if we never had to read another word about AI. Yet we absolutely need to know what is going on.
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OpinionThe declining appeal of a career in the public gaze
The world has become increasingly cynical about people who aspire to give something back to society.
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OpinionMartial law
Ask the public to give an example of a court martial and many would probably cite the trial of ‘Flanders pigeon murderer’ Captain Edmund Blackadder.
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OpinionShakespeare's sister and women's legal history
Sisters (whether or not they happen to have a famous brother) matter: the lives and words of women are vital to our understanding of the past. We must amplify their voices.
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OpinionTruncheons, trade unions and the law: 100 years since the General Strike
The question of legality emerged surprisingly late in the nine-day national walkout which began a century ago this week.