Opinion – Page 75
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OpinionPI firms on the edge cannot wait for mixed claim perfection
The market is being paralysed by an issue that is dividing the personal injury sector.
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OpinionDoes our duty to the client trump the public interest?
From the arguments the question provoked at last week’s International Bar Association conference, it is clear not everyone agrees.
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OpinionPro Bono Week: Humanitarian crises require long-term legal support
Over a year on, we are still fighting for our client - a female Afghan senior judge - who remains in hiding following the Taliban's takeover of Kabul.
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OpinionThe Prisons Memory Archive: A Case Study in Filmed Memory of Conflict
Edited by Jolene Mairs Dyer, Conor McCafferty, Cahal McLaughlin.
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OpinionSRA conduct rules intrude into private life
We must hope the regulator will deploy its new power judiciously and without recourse to dogma.
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OpinionProtecting the rights of lawyers
A convention protecting only lawyers raises interesting questions, to which there are no easy answers.
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OpinionBroadcasting of sentencing is a landmark for open justice
The digital age presents opportunities that allow the justice system to be given the political and public attention it deserves.
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OpinionLawfare slips through parliamentary warfare
Despite many other calls on MPs’ time during the last week of the Truss government, opportunity was still found for a lawfare debate.
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OpinionMother in Law: Et cetera ad nauseam – why I am fed up with Latin
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionLetters roundup: 28 October 2022
Civil justice crisis, AML 'corruption', and mediation reservations: your letters to the editor.
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OpinionIt's that man again
Brandon Lewis's successor at Petty France is one, er, Dominic Raab. The portents are not good.
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OpinionNot just a national crisis, but a global one
Teachers and social workers might resist mandatory reporting of child abuse suspicions. They must not be allowed to stop it becoming law.
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OpinionBelsner has no winners: the court sees the whole thing as grubby
The costs recovery industry may be dead, but the PI sector should be braced for rule changes too.
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OpinionLegal burnout: what firms can do to help
Pressure can be a great catalyst for lawyers, but too much of it can be seriously harmful.
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OpinionThe 'how' of coping
Resilience isn’t just something you have, or don’t have, though people often talk about it as if it is.