All Opinion articles – Page 145
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OpinionMarking 100 years of women in the law
How legislation allowing women into the law made the statute books.
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OpinionFighting for vulnerable migrant women's rights
There is a great imbalance in how the hostile environment treats women.
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OpinionTop-ranking partners must lead from the front
In another 100 years, gender equality must be a given rather than a conversation. But change has to come from the top.
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OpinionWomen do not need authority to achieve
The idea that women need to be empowered is patronising and implies inequality of power.
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OpinionIf we leave women to correct gender inequality, it will take forever
Men calling out gender inequality is welcome and essential.
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OpinionTwitter punch to magistrate's 'gut instinct' was unnecessary
The legal profession should be supporting the likes of Luke Penney, not tearing him to shreds over two words.
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OpinionSome special relationship
The open market of England and Wales leaves us in a weak bargaining position when it comes to any post-Brexit trade deals
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OpinionPresident’s precedent favours transparency
Balancing the needs of anonymity and transparency in the family courts is a challenge now facing Sir Andrew McFarlane.
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OpinionEthical dilemmas in-house
In-House Lawyers’ Ethics: Institutional Logics, Legal Risk and the Tournament of Influence
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OpinionClient state
There are few reasons for the legal profession to be cheerful as the Brexit deadline looms ever nearer
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Letters roundup - 4 March 2019
Celebrating women solicitors, online divorce, Isle of Man: your letters to the editor.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: balancing World Book Day and probate applications.
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OpinionMoments in history
Marking the conclusion of LGBT+ history month, Alison Stanley reflects on some of the watershed moments in legal developments affecting LGBT+ rights.
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OpinionIt's not a solicitor's job to do their opponent's homework
New duties will place an extra burden on solicitors and compromise their own position with clients.
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OpinionTheatre review: Gently down the stream
Martin Sherman’s treatment of the lives and persecution of gay men, and the winning of equal rights, is an impressive piece of theatre.
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OpinionThe value of witness statements in commercial arbitrations
It would be a brave party or counsel who decides not to serve witness statements to save costs.
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OpinionDealing with the things machines invent
An inventive machine standard would dynamically raise the current benchmark for patentability to keep pace with real-world conditions.