Latest blog – Page 35
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OpinionThe Rwandan lawyer trap has snapped shut
Attacks by a prime minister on lawyers exercising their professional duties can have a chilling effect on the right of access to justice.
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OpinionSLAPPs risk tarnishing the reputation of our justice system
Strategic lawsuits against public participation threaten free speech and democratic debate - we must fight back against these abuses.
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OpinionMother in law: The writing process continues
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionCriminal justice? You’re not serious, minister
As criminal justice totters, juniors are bearing the brunt.
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OpinionPaying for the privilege
International firm Stephenson Harwood made an unprecedented splash by laying down the law on home working.
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OpinionFlexible working: why it’s time we put our colleagues first
Lizzy Firmin discusses the reasons why East Anglia law firm Ellisons Solicitors has embraced the move to flexible working.
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OpinionAcid, amnesty - and abortion: 1972 and all that
Fifty years ago, judicial activism was playing its part in a culture war.
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OpinionOpen thread: Would you take a pay cut to work from home?
Tell us your views on the latest response to working patterns post-Covid.
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OpinionTime for a new charter on ethics
New guide to modern problems facing the profession is a positive contribution to a story in which we have so far been outmanoeuvred.
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OpinionSounding off
Judicial diversity (or the lack of it) remains a seemingly intractable bone of contention among lawyers.
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OpinionLow-income homeowners are still struggling to access legal aid
Legal Aid Agency must remove remaining barriers in trapped capital cases.
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OpinionAn exhausting treadmill for solicitors
The government has simply not grasped the urgency of the criminal legal aid crisis.
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OpinionThe war, the WTO and solicitors
Experts tell us that one of the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is that post-war international structures are at risk.
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OpinionMother in law: Acting for friends
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionLife means life: populism v pragmatism
Is the prospect of a whole life order more likely to deter a killer than a very long fixed term?
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OpinionDisaster averted
Research published two years ago indicating thousands of small firms could collapse within months seems alarmist now.