All News blog articles – Page 25
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OpinionCommercial lawyers: new target for claims
Commercial lawyers who failed to give proper advice on funding and ATE are likely to be the next target for claims.
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OpinionIs depression the last taboo for law firms?
Lawyers suffering from depression often don’t want to talk about it. But the profession needs to do more.
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OpinionAcross the pond
TTIP talks should address barriers to free movement of lawyers between the EU and US, says Law Society president Andrew Caplen.
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OpinionLegal legacy of 1914’s ‘boy soldiers’
Protests over under-age recruitment have their echoes today.
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OpinionRegulator is bewitched by insurance mirage
Before stepping out into the unknown, perhaps the SRA should check the forecast.
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OpinionLawyers on the hippy trail?
Take better care of yourselves – even if 2014 isn’t the summer of love.
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OpinionThe short-lived planning legacy of the Great War
Noble attempts were made to set a new standard for social housing after the first world war.
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OpinionPraise legal aid; don’t bury it
The Legal Aid Agency and the Ministry of Justice have been silent on this week’s milestone.
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OpinionPulling punches on usual suspects
The National Theatre’s production Great Britain misses its target.
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OpinionPassports, please: diplomatically declaring war
Are we commemorating the centenary of something that never formally occurred?
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OpinionWhy guideline rates reform was doomed
Lord Dyson shows zero tolerance for far-reaching reform based on poor evidence gathered with insufficient funding.
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OpinionClass of August 1914
The fates of gentlemen admitted as solicitors 100 years ago make fascinating reading.
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OpinionCall time on the law officers and lord chancellor
If the positions have become ceremonial and are not held by senior lawyers, is it time to abolish them?
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OpinionThe heroism bill is Grayling’s finest hour
A bill which creates a problem and offers no solution. What a waste of time.
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OpinionMPs’ anger at fake firms scandal
Vulnerable people are being exploited by companies who do know better.
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OpinionAn in-house lawyer in the Cabinet
If the new education secretary lives up to the best attributes of successful in-house lawyers, she might set a very good example.
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OpinionLet’s not preserve Land Registry in aspic
Withdrawal of cack-handed sell-off plan should not close all options for reform.
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OpinionWhere’s the apology for Mitchell chaos?
It cannot just be district judges and opportunistic solicitors to blame for the mess the original Mitchell judgment caused.