Latest blog – Page 36
-
OpinionA change in the weather
Like it or not, climate change is a fast-growing business risk for lawyers.
-
OpinionImpact of the cost-of-living crisis on the access to justice sector
Without a properly funded justice system, more people will decline further into poverty and their health and wellbeing will suffer.
-
OpinionHow to return to work in the law
A network of allies, colleagues, mentors and peers is extremely important.
-
-
-
OpinionRaab is no martyr of the snowflake era, he’s a lesson to us all
Workplace culture is a huge issue in the legal profession. The Tolley report should be required reading.
-
Opinion'Activist lawyers' and the duty of independence
Representation, like justice, should be blind.
-
OpinionMinding the language
Family breakups are lifechanging. The language of the law should connote their gravity.
-
OpinionWhat is 'world leading' about rolling back data protections?
Proposed data bill seeks to water down the insufficient protections we currently have.
-
OpinionWhen BigLaw's mask slips
'Non-negotiable expectations' of how junior lawyers should behave, shared at a US firm's training event, have created an inevitable online storm.
-
OpinionEven after Putin's warning, would Armenia gain by joining the ICC?
Russia’s threat of retaliation should Armenia join the international court puts Armenia in a bind. But membership may even lead to unexpected legal jeopardy for the Caucasian nation.
-
OpinionQOCS: a shift in the balance of power
How the new qualified one-way costs shifting rules will affect litigation dynamics and behaviour will soon become apparent.
-
-
Opinion'Failure to prevent' is a fraud game-changer
Scenarios in which the proposed new offence might be used are many and various.
-
OpinionMother in Law: Memories
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
-
OpinionPositive obligations and the ECHR
Government plans to weaken positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights threaten an effective tool for bringing perpetrators of sex-based violence to justice.
-
OpinionDoes your firm turn a blind eye to big billers behaving badly?
Partnerships might be able to ignore sexual misconduct or bullying, but the SRA will not.
-
OpinionLawyers: beware AI’s hallucinations
As chatbots confidently pump out false information, professional bodies should take notice.
-
OpinionAnomie of the people
‘Anomie’ – ‘a condition of instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values or from a lack of common purpose’ – appears in danger of taking hold of the legal profession.
-
OpinionEnd stop-go-stop on magistrates' sentencing
The Magistrates’ Association urges the government to restore magistrates’ extended sentencing range as soon as possible.