Leader – Page 2
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OpinionPlaying it safe
Paul Rogerson We do not lack examples of entropy in the justice system that serve as a metaphor for the whole. This week, we’ve had at least two. First, a flea infestation at Hull Crown Court that required the mobilisation of pest controllers. Rats, yes – but ...
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OpinionFirst Lady
Last week saw the installation of the first lady chief justice, the 98th judge to hold the top post.
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Opinion'Gratuitous' regulation
Aspects of the Bar Standards Board’s new guidance on social media strike me as questionable.
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OpinionForgetting the basics
We are seeing regular and multiple micro-breakdowns in the rule of law.
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OpinionHeroes welcome
Last week’s cover feature dwelt on the dangerous scapegoating of immigration and asylum solicitors over what are, in reality, egregious government policy errors.
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OpinionTanks on the lawn
The SRA’s capture of legal executives is by no means a done deal, although it is starting to look that way.
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OpinionUnfollowing the money
Comparators traditionally used to measure elite law firm performance appear to be on the way out.
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OpinionWatchdog barks
CMA's launch of a consumer enforcement investigation, focusing on will-writing, pre-paid probate plans and online divorce, suprised solicitors last week.
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OpinionPII charted
Law Society’s most extensive and detailed survey of PII trends since 2018 is a must-read.
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OpinionDisparate measures
Review into longstanding imbalance in complaints to the SRA does not take us much further forward.
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OpinionGo compare
Turns out evaluating a lawyer is rather more involved than giving your Uber driver five stars. Still, the SRA is on a mission.
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OpinionChalk walks the walk
For a lord chancellor and justice secretary to attend the London Legal Walk is a vanishingly rare event.
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OpinionThe last post
There should be a race to understand, and fix, flaws in legal ethics that the Horizon IT inquiry may throw into sharp relief.
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OpinionSterling work
News that A&O plans to merge with Shearman & Sterling came out of nowhere. But is it a good idea?
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OpinionPainful divorce
CILEX’s bid to jilt CILEx Regulation and elope with the SRA is intriguing. Not only of itself, but also for what it might portend.
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OpinionSubjects object
How can the scope of lawful protest be left so casually unclear? One plausible answer is that this lack of clarity is deliberate.
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OpinionAmerican beauty
There are two types of country in the world: those where the government can tell lawyers what their ethical responsibilities are and those that cannot.