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OpinionCoronavirus brings out the best in our legal profession
We must prepare for a long slog. But we can also extract positives from the early response to this crisis.
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OpinionCovid-19: Where is the SRA?
Regulator is already dangerously late in fulfilling its responsibilities to a profession reeling from a disaster.
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OpinionAn extradition treaty unfit for purpose
Across politics, people agree US-UK extradition is broken. The obvious example is Harry Dunn. He was allegedly killed in Britain by American Anne Sacoolas driving on the wrong side of the road.
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OpinionLetters roundup - 23 March 2020
Forcing change on a reluctant judiciary In March 2018 David Lammy MP told the Gazette: ‘Find me an ethnic minority judge and I’ll buy you a beer.’ That came after the justice secretary David Lidington rejected Lammy’s recommendation (made in an independent review commissioned by David Cameron) that by ...
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OpinionCopy that! Accessible guidance with a global reach
International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice (Fourth Edition) Paul Goldstein, P. Bernt Hugenholtz OUP, £94 ★★★★✩ International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice (Fourth Edition) This heavyweight academic work is a surprisingly easy read. Although it runs to 396 pages of type – ignoring copyright ...
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OpinionNegligence in the raw
Until this book’s publication, legal practitioners might have been excused for believing that the doctrine enshrined in statute under the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 was relatively well understood in practice.
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OpinionAll jury trials must be suspended immediately
Decision to continue with trials of 3 days or less is wholly irresponsible in amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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OpinionMother in law: coping with the kids in lockdown
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: a guide to handling school closures.
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OpinionAt court in the time of coronavirus
Avoid crowded places? No chance of that, at Croydon county court yesterday.
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OpinionCOVID-19: Managing health and risk whilst in police custody
It seems timely to revisit the main provisions within PACE that are relevant to our current concerns.
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OpinionCOVID-19: how bars are coping worldwide
There are useful lessons in how lawyer bodies around the globe are dealing with the pandemic.
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OpinionLoving your enemies
Plaintiff in Chief: a portrait of Donald Trump in 3,500 lawsuits by James D. Zirin.
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OpinionSheikh Mohammed: media and courts protect vulnerable children
A judge treated reporters with respect and they responded by respecting his orders. Their reward was a cracking story.
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OpinionClassism: the unseen prejudice
According to the Social Mobility Commission’s 2019 poll, 77% of people feel there is a large gap between social classes in Britain today.
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OpinionLondon first
Capital’s pole position in cross-border dispute resolution will take some shifting.
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OpinionJournal of a plague year
Samuel Pepys encounters a couple of 'Sollicitors' in his celebrated diary of 1665.
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OpinionAnd the fault will be ours
Trials of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics by Jonathan Sumption.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: the 'male default'.