Opinion – Page 13
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OpinionBack to the future on sentencing?
Restoring the best ideas of the past would bring sentencing up to date.
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OpinionA theory of rights
Labour claims new rights will be transformative for workers and private renters.
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OpinionWhat to do when a partner is not doing the business
David Pickup reviews 'Managing Partner Performance: Strategies for Transforming Underperforming Partners'.
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OpinionThe Global ESG Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners
Richard Singleton reviews 'The Global ESG Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners'.
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OpinionFeeding the machine
James Wilson reviews Chris Reed's AI Fairness and Beyond: Law, Regulation and Technology.
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OpinionSitting out a corporate 'war on woke'
Mark Zuckerberg wants 'masculine energy' to replace 'feminine energy' in the work place. For reasons of sound business, and common sense, law firm leaders won't agree.
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OpinionCompleting the speedy justice jigsaw
The sentencing review and the review of criminal courts are important pieces of the jigsaw. But a long-term funding settlement must go alongside reform.
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OpinionA look ahead to Family Mediation Week
Session topics include hybrid mediation, academic research, digital solutions and mediation with arbitration.
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OpinionWhat does 2025 hold for litigation funders?
Amid all the doom and gloom, there are rays of light on the horizon for funders.
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OpinionWhat did the European Court of Human Rights do in 2024?
A summary of last year's key cases from the ECtHR.
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OpinionTechnology can close the global justice gap
The best solutions to the access to justice crisis are built by those who have experienced the problem first-hand.
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OpinionPrinciples of protection and the NIMBY reaction
Julian Phillips reviews 'Forced Migration: An Integrative Perspective for the 21st Century' by Ludger Pries and Rafael Bohlen.
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OpinionThe greatest happiness of the greatest number
James E Hurford reviews 'Research Handbook on Law and Utilitarianism'.
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OpinionA scathing verdict on the dire impact of austerity
Arrogance, Austerity and the Ruination of the Criminal Justice System: How Justice Was Purged from the Criminal Justice System.
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OpinionThe man (sic) on the Clapham Omnibus
David Pickup reviews Valentin Jeutner's The Reasonable Person: A Legal Biography.
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OpinionThe importance of a good bedside manner
There are many similarities between lawyers and doctors, not least that both professions deal with people going through difficult moments in their lives.
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OpinionMother in Law: Scrolling into the new year
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionLord chief justice and the flat earth libel
A litigant in person's conspiracy theories received short shrift in 1875 defamation trial.