All Opinion articles – Page 5
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OpinionUndercover policing: reform cannot mean simply adding safeguards
Upwards of 68 women have been targeted into close relationships, often 'forever' relationships, only for their partners suddenly to disappear.
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OpinionFeminist constellations in law
As the multitude of women’s professional networks and collaborations demonstrate, we are stronger together.
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OpinionForced adoptions: 'The shame was never yours'
The prime minister has apologised on behalf of the UK government to mothers and adopted children affected by historical forced adoption.
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OpinionTo all decision-makers: stop giving AI a free ride
UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s guide published last week is context-free, as if the use of AI poses no more dangers than our collectively using pen and paper.
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OpinionNo cause for complaint
SRA proposals could see law firms obliged to give a timetable for resolving client complaints.
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OpinionWill reform of fee disputes ever happen?
The law governing challenges to solicitors’ bills – the Solicitors Act 1974 – is in dire need of reform.
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OpinionMaking the leap from founder to leader
Joanna Goodman reviews 'Why Start-Ups Fail: Avoiding the traps on the path to commercial success'.
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OpinionEtymological musings in the search for meaning
David Pickup reviews 'Legal English through the Ages'.
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OpinionWeighty JR companion
James E Hurford reviews 'Judicial Review: Principles and Procedure (2nd edition)'.
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OpinionDisability Pride Month: Help shape a more inclusive profession
The Law Society has recently embarked on its Get Involved volunteering programme, which enables more solicitors to contribute to their professional body.
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OpinionRules of the games
We are still told that elite sport and politics should not mix. This is patronising. They cannot help but mix. Paul Rogerson It’s 52 years since Sir Stanley Rous was ousted as president of FIFA, world football’s governing body. It was suggested that his fiscal integrity had ...
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OpinionTerror act error
I agree with Joshua Rozenberg (‘Palestine Action ban makes us all safer’) that the Court of Appeal judgment was right. However, I have never been convinced that the regime of the Terrorism Act 2000 was needed.
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OpinionTime for UK to act on Palestine
Almost two years on, the UK has done little beyond saying it ‘respects’ the ICJ and that Israel should leave ‘as rapidly as possible’. The chair of the International Development Committee has warned that this position is ‘no longer sustainable’.
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OpinionPlans to evict ‘abusers’ must be fair
The government’s proposals allowing for landlords to evict perpetrators of domestic abuse are laudable and the principle that perpetrators rather than victims should be the ones forced to leave the home is difficult to challenge.
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OpinionA comprehensive exploration of domestic abuse and the justice system
Jenny Beck reviews 'Domestic Abuse and the Family Justice System: Law and Practice'.
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OpinionShould there be a new rule promoting solicitor wellbeing?
At a recent roundtable that I participated in, I was struck by the strong rush of anxieties around wellbeing and work, often focused around the billable hour.
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OpinionSingle-sex spaces and the limits of ‘inclusion’
‘The bathroom is an old battlefield’ - a response to Stonewall trustee Steven Friel.