All News blog articles – Page 28
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OpinionThe end of the affair
Many criminal solicitors feel betrayed by the bar on legal aid. But they must not be embittered.
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OpinionArbitration in PI: a signal to the judiciary?
Could arbitration really be used in personal injury, or is this more of a message to the judges?
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OpinionLocal heroes seek new models
Council legal departments are buzzing with survival strategies in the face of continued cuts.
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OpinionIs it time to scrap mandatory PII?
Is the best way to stop this annual hoopla to give the client a choice?
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OpinionPigeon-steps towards open justice
The Law Commission's proposal to publish reporting restrictions is overdue and welcome.
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OpinionPolice claims: ‘insurmountable’ costs barrier
How the Jackson reforms have inhibited police claims.
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OpinionHuman rights and the bottom line
Human rights campaigns should not depend on cost-benefits analyses – but they can come in handy.
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OpinionQuotas need not be a blunt instrument
When done with commercial skill and good judgement, targets and quotas are really succession planning.
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OpinionWhy don’t women lawyers write letters?
Over 90% of letters published by the Gazette are from men. Why?
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OpinionWho on earth would blab to the SRA?
As long as firms fear the regulator, they are unlikely to seek help over their finances.
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OpinionWestern law firms in Russia
The fallout from Ukraine could reach UK and US lawyers based in Moscow.
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ProfileShot at dawn: time to look at the truth
To learn more about solicitors’ role in capital courts martial of the first world war, we need to discard some myths.
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OpinionHelp for Heroes? Not from this government
The coalition trumpets its admiration of our armed forces – but would take away their human rights.
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OpinionWhy the law on psychiatric harm must change
The law on claims for psychiatric injury is outdated, arbitrary and harsh.
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OpinionJackson or Mitchell? Either way it’s a mess
Whatever name you attach to them, there can be no doubt that costs budgeting rules are not working.
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OpinionWhat’s wrong with learning on the job?
Plans to allow school leavers to train as solicitors could help young people bypass the costly university route.
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OpinionMore woe at the Co-op – whither legal services?
What could the mutual’s troubles mean for the poster child of alternative business structures?
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OpinionPI: ethics no use without money
Client incentives damage the profession – but advertising is essential.
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OpinionLCJ wants to escape ‘the dead hand of tradition’
Legal aid reforms threaten the rule of law and democracy, says the lord chief justice. But he has thought of some solutions.