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OpinionRules of the games
We are still told that elite sport and politics should not mix. This is patronising. They cannot help but mix. Paul Rogerson It’s 52 years since Sir Stanley Rous was ousted as president of FIFA, world football’s governing body. It was suggested that his fiscal integrity had ...
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OpinionThrough the labyrinth
The government has set out proposals for the Financial Conduct Authority to become AML supervisor for firms in the legal, accountancy, trust and company services sectors.
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OpinionBrave new world
AI is democratising legal action and civil society in deeply disconcerting ways. We are only just beginning to understand the enormity of the consequences.
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OpinionSlapped down
A New Statesman article declares lawyers for the super-rich have ‘strangled Labour’s Slapp bill’ by means of a ‘discreet lobbying campaign’.
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OpinionLords' justice?
‘Justice for Property Rights’ is another lobby group that has popped out of nowhere pledging to root for ‘ordinary people’ against dastardly legislators.
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OpinionMartial law
Ask the public to give an example of a court martial and many would probably cite the trial of ‘Flanders pigeon murderer’ Captain Edmund Blackadder.
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Opinion'Too difficult' box?
CILEX's chief executive notes that ‘Mazur has shown that change is possible.’ Most certainly. But likely? Probably not.
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OpinionDevolution conundrum
One of Plaid Cymru’s flagship policies is to resurrect the push for devolution of justice and policing.
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OpinionMazur’s watching brief
I asked a well-known solicitor toiling at a regional full-service firm how the Court of Appeal’s landmark decision in Mazur (In Focus, p8-9) has been interpreted in the ‘boardroom’.
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OpinionThe outsiders
Private equity in the law seems to have parked its money and entered a holding pattern.
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OpinionFamily's poor relation
There are still only 13 family drug and alcohol courts in England, 18 years on from their foundation, despite their documented success.
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OpinionLanguage problem
If a suspect remains a suspect, a victim cannot necessarily be called a victim. Is this mere pedantry? Does it matter?
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OpinionLife of PII
The solicitors’ PII market remains gratifyingly benign. So what is there to be concerned about?
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OpinionTribunal tamed
While no evidence exists to suggest the SEND tribunal is making bad decisions, ministers utter not one word of criticism of local authorities' superintendence of SEND responsibilities.
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OpinionBoiling the frog
Are we becoming inured to the salami-slicing of civic rights (and indeed responsibilities) that were once barely even acknowledged?
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OpinionProsecute in haste…
Regulation of lawyers is supposed to be fully independent. It doesn’t always appear that way.
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OpinionAnd then there were none
Not a single solicitor was appointed King’s Counsel in the latest annual round. What’s going on? I take a look at the statistics.
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OpinionCostly defeats
Last month, a leading media lawyer said two tribunal setbacks should prompt the SRA to step back from its assault on SLAPPs. Now, it is three defeats for the regulator.
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OpinionSomething doesn't add up
A juddering dissonance persists between the MoJ’s positive assessment of criminal justice services and the way those services are experienced by those on the frontline.