Latest blog – Page 58
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OpinionLawyers who engaged the enemy more closely
A wartime call for 'Gentlemen with yachting experience' attracted some extraordinary legal talent - and courage.
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OpinionAnti-social behaviour injunctions are a great unknown
We simply don’t know how many injunctions are applied for, how many are issued and breached, and what happens to those judged to have breached them.
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OpinionBreaking the taboo: more firms need to talk about fertility
Follow-up discussion on infertility, baby loss and alternative pathways to parenthood shows growing appetite for meaningful support.
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OpinionAn unfair tax on accessing justice
The time has come to consider reintroducing recoverability of premiums and funding costs in commercial litigation cases.
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OpinionMother in law: How the pandemic changed us
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionPro bono costs awards in tribunals need more publicity
Pro bono organisations and advisers should be aware of the expansion of the costs regime, and take advantage of it.
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OpinionLitigants want to know if they’ve won. Judgments should tell them
If litigants in person cannot understand a ruling that affects them then there is something wrong.
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OpinionLife of a CILEx advocate
Zoe Heron responds to backlash against CILEx members since the public fall out between the legal executives' representative body and their regulator.
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OpinionGarden Court’s identity crisis
Heavyweight chambers was found to have victimised and discriminated against Allison Bailey, one of its own members.
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OpinionMother in law: Roe v Wade
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionCriminal appeals review: Raab’s only legacy?
Taking steps to ensure that innocent people are not left languishing in prison may be the one positive thing Dominic Raab is remembered for.
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Opinion'We must make sure everyone learns lessons from this'
SRA chief executive responds to SQE IT issue that saw the exam cancelled for more than 100 candidates.
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OpinionDr Bitcoin's pyrrhic libel victory
Latest judgment illustrates the perils of suing as well as being sued for libel.
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OpinionStriking a better balance than Europe on SLAPPs
The EU goes too far in its legislation to deal with strategic litigation against public participation.
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OpinionA painful divorce
CILEX's extraordinary brinkmanship in seeking to jilt its regulator in favour of the SRA prompts many unanswered questions.
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OpinionWhy crypto really is a new kind of 'thing'
The Law Commission's proposals on digital assets have importance far beyond the flaky world of cryptocoins and NFTs.