All Opinion articles – Page 170
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OpinionLure of the Irish route
Ireland is fielding an upsurge in UK lawyers keen to safeguard their EU rights post-Brexit. There is still all to play for.
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OpinionHow achievable are the government's RTA claim reforms?
Patrick Allen asks how the government can put reforms for road traffic accident claims into place in just 12 months.
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OpinionWhat gender pay gap reporting doesn’t tell you: the partner pay gap
Sarah Chilton addresses the often hidden partner gender pay gap.
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OpinionPatent poser
Stephen Hornsby responds to Gazette article ‘Ratify the EU patent court, Egan tells minister’.
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OpinionJackson’s outstanding legacy
Lord Justice Jackson has made a valuable contribution to changing the litigation costs landscape – and it will continue beyond retirement.
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OpinionMaking up the hours
An electronic costs bill is long overdue but reform does not have to mean chaos.
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OpinionGetting on with the job
The Law Society’s new Board will build on excellent work to promote and support the profession.
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OpinionPanama Papers: the fallout
Criminal Finances Act 2017: A Guide To The New Law Hugo Daniel Lodge £59.95, Law Society Publishing This concise guide to the Criminal Finances Act 2017 will be a valuable asset to those advising people who fall under suspicion of committing the newly created offences of failing to ...
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OpinionWho are you to call me a ‘blob’?
J Howard Shelley is offended by Liz Truss’s comments this week directed at the legal profession.
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OpinionNow hear this: live is best
Malcolm Fowler is weary of the issues to arise from a ’rush towards video and other remote hearing formats’.
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OpinionGuides to Inheritance Act claims
Izzy Jaques and Andrew Kidd review two Inheritance Act claim guides.
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OpinionProgress of working mothers
Mothers’ Day 2018 causes Melinda Giles and Charlie Wenborne, partners at Giles Wilson Solicitors, to compare their experiences of maternity care for working women in law firms 27 years apart.
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OpinionWe must address gender inequalities in calculation of damages
Compensation is currently set using broad assumptions that do not apply in the modern world.
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OpinionInternational Women's Day
Lawyers’ instincts on justice and fairness must extend to real equality at the top of the legal profession.
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OpinionCultivating Generation Z
Vidisha Joshi reflects on the contribution of Generation Z trainee solicitors.
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OpinionThe legal innovation age is upon us
More legal education providers are considering including service innovation in their curriculum.
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OpinionPost-Brexit dispute resolution: a dog’s dinner
Taking back control or a vassal state? After the PM’s speech, best decide for yourself.
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OpinionSidestepping Strasbourg
Landmark judgment in Worboys case shows our human rights legislation is working as it should.