Latest blog – Page 86
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OpinionMother in law: Work friends are important
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionA call for pro bono
Need for legal help has probably never been greater from a sector that has been catapulted online.
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OpinionOn being mocked by the prime minister
Should the profession be concerned that the repeated parliamentary mockery of Sir Keir Starmer could have an impact on how we are seen nationwide?
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OpinionCrisis, critical reflection and the Equality Act 2010
2020 has brought to the fore many of the profound inequalities that exist in society.
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OpinionCrowdfunding can be a ray of light
Pre-Covid, two thirds of people who needed access to legal services couldn’t get them. Post-Covid, those numbers are going to rise.
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OpinionNightingale courts are like taking a bucket to a house fire
We need 200 temporary sites to deal with the backlog. After four months, we have a few limited buildings.
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OpinionHolocaust memorial: right idea, wrong place
Ministers want to build a memorial in front of the monument dedicated to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, who led the abolitionist movement in parliament.
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OpinionRemember Brexit?
Chancery Lane is set to open a new front in its campaign by appealing to the EU 27 direct.
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OpinionHappy 50th birthday, North Kensington Law Centre
To celebrate this special anniversary, the 'A&E of law' is looking to the future.
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OpinionCovid-19’s flood of legal questionnaires
Legal historians will not lack for material when the history of these days is finally written.
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OpinionThe Lotus Eaters
As lockdown continues to ease, it is time to jog our memories and sail back to the real world.
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OpinionKeep the door open for juniors
Without social cues, how do junior lawyers ask questions when working from home?
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OpinionKnocking the stuffing out of witness statements
When Mr Justice Andrew Baker pinged over his judgment in a £1.5m tax fraud case last month, the lawyers involved must have opened the email with some trepidation.
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OpinionA ‘new deal’ for housing?
Sunak’s stamp duty holiday is a welcome boost for conveyancing. But for society as a whole it is a distinctly mixed blessing.
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OpinionSaturday courts in danger of becoming the norm
Extending court hours risks setting off a ticking timebomb under the wellbeing of lawyers.
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OpinionMother in law: Working parents have been forgotten in the crisis
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family in lockdown somewhere in England.
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OpinionPride during a global pandemic
With this year’s Pride events on pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, solicitors reflect on what Pride means to them.