Leader – Page 12

Opinion

London first

16 March 2020

Capital’s pole position in cross-border dispute resolution will take some shifting. 

Opinion

Market contagion

9 March 2020

Coronavirus is here. But UK government action plan unveiled a week ago had little detail to impart about business continuity in law.

Opinion

Not rocket science

2 March 2020

In forensic science, as in so much else justice-related, the UK’s position of global pre-eminence has been compromised by funding cuts and falling standards.

Opinion

Expensive trainers

24 February 2020

Aspiring solicitors who amass debts to enter the profession are surely entitled to information that would enable them to make an informed choice of training provider. 

Opinion

Bread and the circus

17 February 2020

We are seeing a subtle form of brazen disrespect towards in-lawyers – and it centres around fees.

Opinion

Prisoner of conscience

10 February 2020

Author Chris Atkins’ harrowing account of nine months in prison is required reading for anybody concerned with what entitles a society to call itself civilised.

Opinion

Elephants in the room

3 February 2020

Huge numbers of poorer people who are eligible for legal aid just aren’t aware.

Opinion

Law plus lifestyle

27 January 2020

Employers know offering more money and the chance to move up does not cut it any more - at least not on its own.

Opinion

Independent variable

20 January 2020

What if, by some devolutionary concession, Scotland opts out of Supreme Court jurisdiction? 

Opinion

There may be trouble ahead

13 January 2020

Is it realistic to expect Johnson’s administration suddenly to embrace pluralism and consensus on the back of December’s emphatic election victory? 

Opinion

Workforce in progress

9 December 2019

The number of legal professionals soared by 145% in the quarter century from 1993 to 2017.

Opinion

Cyber war

2 December 2019

Many startups style themselves as ‘disrupters’, but I suspect the new College of Legal Practice is not exaggerating.

Opinion

Careless whispers

25 November 2019

Are solicitors in danger of being lumbered with another costly solution in search of a problem?

Opinion

Can lawyers save the world?

18 November 2019

Lawyers worldwide are involved in litigation to bring man-made climate change within the realm of justiciable activities.

Opinion

A ‘cull’ and a coup for KPMG

11 November 2019

Big Four outfit plans to ‘cull’ one in 10 partners to save money.

Opinion

Picturing justice

4 November 2019

If a cartoon character informs people their problem has a legal solution, then The Belonging Project’s initiative has been a good use of pro bono time.

Opinion

Mind the gap

28 October 2019

Paul Rogerson Just like politicians, ambitious City bureaucrats are not shy of making headline-grabbing speeches when plum jobs come up. So it was last week, when two of their number floated reforms that could have far-reaching repercussions for lawyers. First up, the Bank of England’s Andy Haldane ...

Opinion

Death and taxes

21 October 2019

Media coverage of MoJ’s decision to scrap changes to probate fees was predictably jubilant. 

Opinion

Class actions

14 October 2019

Profession again dominates league table of 75 employers doing the most to improve social mobility.

Opinion

Time, gentlemen, please

7 October 2019

How long will routine social drinking with colleagues and clients continue?