All Opinion articles – Page 168
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OpinionThe other side of GREAT
Who suffers if we continue to lead globally on dispute resolution post-Brexit?
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OpinionWhat’s my best route to qualify?
I’m unsure whether to do the LPC this year. I have no training contract in place but I do work in a mid-size regional solicitors firm as a legal secretary. Should I wait and do the SQE when it is introduced in 2020, although I’ve heard there may be delays ...
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OpinionUnderstanding inquiries
Charlotte Phillips reflects on reasons for a rise in public inquiries.
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OpinionPay expectations gap
Omitting partners on the grounds that they are owners was always going to look bad.
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OpinionExam question
Neil Parpworth is amused by the historical and current disussions of examinations for to-be lawyers.
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OpinionEmbrace neurodiversity
Legal employers that foster a more neurodiverse workforce will reap real benefits.
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OpinionInsider’s track on criminal justice
Adrian Lower reviews The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken.
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OpinionWhen toy story goes to court
David Pickup reviews You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side.
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OpinionBe careful what you wish for
If we are to avoid open season on its decisions, the Parole Board must survive Worboys with the crucial test of safety for release intact.
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OpinionWant to get a round? Join the club
The Law Society Golf Club welcomes new faces for a busy fixture list - and social life.
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OpinionInternational concern over Turkey
An open letter from five associations of lawyers to the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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OpinionDeepcut: a cry for change
Rhicha Kapila addresses the abuse and reporting culture at Deepcut barracks.
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OpinionOur problems reflected in the US
We are not alone in the UK in the difficulties we face as lawyers. Many countries are going through similar travails.
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OpinionWe can forgive a nurse serious mistakes. How about solicitors?
One regulator is prepared to look at ability to practise, rather than mistakes. It’s food for thought for the conflicted SRA.
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OpinionCan election law cope with the era of mass data?
Personal data may have been used on an industrial scale in recent elections - a challenge that has left electoral law trailing.
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OpinionGender pay gap: partners over the parapet
Law firms are starting to emulate accountancy giants, with predictable results.
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OpinionA Warrant to improve the rule of law
How the European arrest warrant has raised standards - and the implications of an explosive Irish court case.
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OpinionSignpost to Strasbourg
Malcolm Hawkes reviews Jacobs, White and Ovey: The European Court of Human Rights, 7th edition.