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OpinionAs fixed costs expand we need answers
With fixed costs due to be extended into most straightforward civil claims worth up to £100,000, and into clin neg claims worth up to £25,000, the CoA’s ruling in Belsner will be even more important.
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OpinionRetreat from Moscow
Client selection is going to be the next big ethical conundrum for the profession to address.
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OpinionClient selection: The next frontier in the evolution of legal ethics
Client selection should no longer be the decision of an individual partner or team.
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OpinionPutin should be scared of The Hague
An indictment from The Hague is the ‘black spot’ we slip to dictators and their henchmen.
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OpinionIWD: Hybrid working must not become a catalyst for proximity bias
Is proximity bias the next mountain to climb for gender equality campaigners in the legal sector?
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OpinionWhat to make of the government’s Human Rights Act consultation?
The reform recommendations will be of interest - and concern - to civil society, the judiciary, academia and the legal professions.
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OpinionSRA SLAPPs back
Timely new guidance from the SRA on ‘professional enablement’ will be useful to all solicitors.
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OpinionBaksi at the Bar: Is it time to scrap silk?
Catherine Baksi asks whether there is still a place for the award in a modern, meritocratic and egalitarian 21st century legal system.
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OpinionProsecuting war crimes in Ukraine
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan QC has wasted no time in launching an investigation into war crimes in Ukraine.
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OpinionPea-shooter in a war
When does representation become facilitation? And is it feasible or desirable to revisit the boundaries between the two for the purposes of regulation?
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OpinionA tale of two courts – Ukraine looks to The Hague
For those seeking accountability for war crimes, the wheels of justice are turning – albeit slowly.
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OpinionThe end of the Word is nigh
Just because your documents are held in a computer does not mean they are digital.
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OpinionUkraine: the rule of law is not divisible
The government needs to learn from its own rhetoric on human rights.
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OpinionRussia's invasion: blaming lawyer 'enablers'
City law firms are named among the guilty parties for allegedly allowing Putin’s oligarch supporters to launder their money and reputations here. So what now?
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OpinionMother in law: Dealing with the general public
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionLitigation funding and marginal gains
Disclosure orders should apply equally to defendants and claimants.