All Opinion articles – Page 125
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Opinion
Bread and the circus
We are seeing a subtle form of brazen disrespect towards in-lawyers – and it centres around fees.
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OpinionA decade of the Equality Act 2010
A great step forward in the protection of vulnerable communities, but there is room for improvement.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: the mental health continuum.
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OpinionSFO: What’s to come in 2020
The Serious Fraud Office faced a challenging 2019. What lies ahead?
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OpinionPostpone the PI reforms and save us this phoney countdown
No-one really believes the RTA portal will be ready by 6 April. Yet for some reason this charade continues.
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OpinionOptions after leaving partnership
I am a tax lawyer in my mid-50s but I am not ready to ‘retire’.
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OpinionA win for in-house counsel on independence
CJEU decision still of importance to in-house counsel in long campaign to find equal recognition in other countries.
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OpinionIs the disclosure pilot working?
The two-year disclosure pilot running in the Business and Property Courts is now past the halfway point. How is it going?
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OpinionPrisoner of conscience
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.
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OpinionA year on from the LASPO review, but it feels like time has stood still
The government said it could not deliver change overnight, but progress feels slow.
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OpinionRehabilitation or deportation?
A response to the government’s attempted deporting of Caribbean nationals.
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OpinionMarriage Story is brilliant drama, even if the lawyers are a little cliched
Oscar nominee does a brilliant job of showing the stresses of divorce, but an amicable split is not impossible.
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OpinionIt’s Not OK to Feel Blue and other lies
Alison Herbert and Dr Phyl Hughes review Scarlett Curtis' 'frank, refreshing, enlightening' book on mental health.
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OpinionAviation has always been riddled with dodgy dealings
The deferred prosecution of Airbus will help clean up the aerospace industry. But hard headed commercial practices may do more.
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OpinionSmall scraps for lawyers in EU trade talks
There is precious little for lawyers likely to emerge from the coming 11 months of negotiation.
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OpinionElephants in the room
Huge numbers of poorer people who are eligible for legal aid just aren’t aware.
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OpinionClear and concise guide to a complex area
Child Care and Protection: Law and Practice (6th Edition) | Safda Mahmood and Julie Doughty
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OpinionAn insider’s account of the ‘Brenda agenda’
What stopped Lady Hale becoming president of the UK Supreme Court in 2012? If she had succeeded Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (pictured, right), Hale would have had a good seven years in the top job instead of little more than two.