All Columnist articles – Page 18
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OpinionDominic Raab and the ‘democratic deficit’
Should we give our judges new powers to strike down laws that violate fundamental liberties?
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OpinionHow Strasbourg protects lawyers’ rights
There has been public speculation that one of the reasons why Dominic Raab accepted becoming lord chancellor was to enable him to have another go at abolishing the 1998 Human Rights Act.
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OpinionMother in law: The fear of care home fees
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionBeing out in the law
'It’s incredibly important to me to be able to bring my whole self to work', writes senior solicitor Kirsty Limacher.
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OpinionWho can save Maxim Znak?
What can we do to help our colleagues, other than have our professional organisations write letters?
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OpinionHong Kong, gender identity and Lord Reed
When transgender people want new identity documents, what conditions should they have to meet?
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OpinionWhat happens when the robots go rogue?
Who pays the bill when AI gets it wrong is a question that will soon become central to a lawyer's work.
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OpinionMother in law: We must keep talking about Afghan women
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Opinion‘Staying on’ in the EU
I hope that someone somewhere is writing a history of those UK nationals who remain living in the EU after the UK’s decision to leave, examining why they stayed, how they feel about the experience, and whether they are prospering.
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OpinionJudicial independence under threat – in the EU
The case of Spanish examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón underlines the importance of judicial independence.
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OpinionHands off our private lives
Professional organisations now aim to turn lawyers into active citizens beyond the office.
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OpinionMother in law: Back to school
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionJulian Assange: peering through the murk
If Assange is extradited to the US and convicted of any of the charges he faces there, the US government will let him serve his sentence in an Australian prison.
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OpinionWhat does climate change mean for your practice?
Whether believers or deniers, the work related to climate change is already here and needs to be dealt with.
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OpinionMother in law: Taking personal responsibility
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionA pragmatist seeking to restore high ideals
Arch-pragmatist Karim Khan QC is the ideal prosecutor for the International Criminal Court.
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OpinionHelp from abroad on remote hearings
Guidelines set out certain fundamental principles for fairness, access to materials and equality of arms.
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OpinionRevealed: what judges really think of budgeting
The cat is out of the bag. Judges think costs budgeting is a waste of time. We always suspected it, but now we know it.
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OpinionMother in law: Tips for billing well
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.