All Opinion articles – Page 94
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OpinionAwards: the time I (almost) won
If you are thinking of submitting an award entry, my advice is don’t hold back.
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OpinionGetting to grips with the nitty-gritty of inheritance tax
Inheritance Tax Planning Handbook | John Bunker and Anthony Nixon
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OpinionPolitical football
European Super League affair has burnished the appeal of legal careers in competition and sports law.
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OpinionLegal education will never be the same
I assume that conference organisers everywhere are in crisis.
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Opinion£450m divorce judgment remarkable for more than just Tolstoy quote
Mrs Justice Knowles should be praised for making a 404-paragraph judgment easy to follow.
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OpinionDon’t expect sympathy from the court for remote working mistakes
A case this week has highlighted the problems with overseeing staff when you can’t see them.
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OpinionLawyers’ Brexit issues updated
More than three months have passed since the final act of Brexit. The consequences for lawyers are still being worked out.
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OpinionKeeping on keeping on
‘Crisis, what crisis?’ Paul Rogerson Older readers may recall that this fatal utterance doomed Jim Callaghan in 1979, ushering in Thatcherism. It didn’t matter that the last Old Labour PM did not actually speak those words in the wake of the ‘Winter of Discontent’. ‘Crisis, what ...
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OpinionIt’s time to normalise mental health treatment
As a family lawyer, I have an insight into people’s lives, and often know more about my clients than perhaps even their own family.
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OpinionFeeling the strain
Vicarious Trauma in the Legal Profession – A Practical Guide To Trauma, Burnout And Collective Care.
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OpinionEviscerating JR and ‘naked self-interest’
There are just 10 days left to tell the government what you think of its plans to reform judicial review. But don’t worry if you miss the deadline.
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OpinionThe delights of criminal defence, then and now
No Lawyers in Heaven. A Life Defending Serious Crime | Henry Milner
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OpinionLetters roundup: 19 April 2021
Race, prison, and misguided magistrates: your letters to the editor.
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OpinionAn Iranian human rights lawyer's lot
'Why do you accept these problematic cases all the time? Get a life!'
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OpinionMother in law: Excel skills
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionIt is damaging to rely on one model of disability
There is an important story to be told about disability, and it is told with increasing confidence.
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OpinionFirst they came for Essex Court Chambers
Solicitors need help to navigate the perils that exist between client wishes and the clamour of public policy or the strong arm of a powerful state.