All Opinion articles – Page 152
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OpinionDo law firms benefit from university law clinics?
Students who complete a law clinic programme are well prepared to meet the demands of private practice, having applied doctrinal and lawyering skills in a practical context.
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OpinionMedical negligence and the 'compensation culture'
Adam Kay’s swipe at clinical negligence lawyers in his book ’This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor’ is unfair.
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OpinionSelling the UK legal profession abroad
Trade deals after Brexit will require the UK to explain the historically complex structure of our profession abroad.
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OpinionPicking over the proportionality rule
The case of Reynolds v One Stop Stores Ltd has added flesh to the bare bones of the proportionality rule, but there is still a long way to go.
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OpinionHeavy with the levy
It seems ministers must now come up with their own ingenious schemes for holding up the scaffolding that underpins justice and the rule of law.
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OpinionPoppy pitfalls in the workplace
Controversy over wearing the emblem has prompted employers and employees to seek advice.
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Opinion£4,500 for ‘super-exam’ may be just the tip of the iceberg
We learnt more about SQE this week. But there are still so many unknowns.
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OpinionLearning from outside our profession
Sectors like technology and retail have lessons for lawyers.
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OpinionHalf in, half out
A lord chancellor with only O Level law – just one ‘joke’ from a comedy play on a long Brexit transition.
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OpinionMore choice, less protection. How does that benefit consumers?
Some clients who expect the safeguards that come with instructing a solicitor are going to be disappointed.
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OpinionSkills transfer helps big law firms abroad
If globalisation continues to operate in the legal services sector, opportunity for lawyers to acquire international legal skills will prove vital.
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OpinionSeparate ways
The formation of a distinct Welsh jurisdiction is now inescapable, Jeremy Miles says, but how far this jurisdiction will reach is still up for debate.
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OpinionMinority report
Dissenting Judgments in the Law | Edited by Neal Geach and Christopher Monaghan
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OpinionFull disclosure on NDAs
Confidentiality clauses are vital to the public policy aim of encouraging parties to settle disputes without recourse to the courts.
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OpinionThe contempt of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon
Nobody seems to have come out very well from the Tommy Robinson case. What went wrong?
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OpinionErosion of access in full swing
Civil claims for a fatality have the potential to slip through the net of access to justice.
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OpinionIs parliamentary privilege open to abuse?
The question dividing both public and legal opinion is whether a peer should be able to circumvent a court ruling.
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OpinionMaybe it's time to get rid of the 'rule of law'
If we want the public to care about justice, we need to simplify it for them.