All Opinion articles – Page 2
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The risk of lowball offers in personal injury cases
There are times when setting a very low anchor in a joint settlement meeting is justified, but in most cases it is a poor opening gambit.
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Churchill and the truth about mediation
Who is right: the common law or the lord chancellor?
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Letters roundup: 22 March 2024
Reality of homelessness in Liverpool, employer justice, and going with your gut: your letters to the editor.
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AI futures: Guardrails will facilitate trust and adoption
A 'laissez faire' approach to regulation won’t instil the trust needed for widespread adoption.
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A need-to-know guide to new EU legislation
Remarkably little is written about this new legislation, though it continues generally to affect us.
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Dire straits for civil and criminal legal aid
Public Accounts Committee inquiry presents an important opportunity to take a much-needed holistic view of our legal aid system.
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Mother in Law: Doing our homework on the right schools
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Closing the laptop at 5pm
There has been a culture change fomented by the hybrid working revolution.
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Assisted dying: change is coming... at last
We have relied too long on the good works of public servants to make a bad law work.
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Inside information
The SRA came under fire last year for allegedly ‘understating the severity’ of the risks faced by the 34,500 solicitors who work in-house.
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Letters roundup: 15 March 2024
Mistakes on ethics and a profession open to everyone: your letters to the editor.
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What are your three ideas?
I propose the theory that every human has only three ideas. My current three involve international arbitration, solicitors from abroad, and AI.
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Judges shouldn't be members of a men-only Garrick Club
If the club continues to exclude people on the grounds of gender, members of the judiciary cannot be seen to belong.
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An inquiry into public inquiries
It is crucial that they are effective as they can be in ensuring that lessons are learned and, most importantly, acted upon.
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Prisons: stalled bill raises stakes on early release
If there is to be no new legislation in the coming months, justice secretary Alex Chalk must simply stretch the existing provisions as far as he can.