All Columnist articles – Page 7
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OpinionMaking the UK a safe place to go online
Although reforms will not be fully implemented before next year, service providers are already taking action to protect children from harm.
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OpinionSurveillance state: the dangers of CCTV
Have you ever felt as though you are being watched? Well, that is because you are.
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OpinionShould bars issue statements about the Israel-Hamas war?
Lawyers outside the war zone are concerned in this matter in the same way as all citizens. It is not a specifically lawyer matter.
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OpinionMother in Law: Year 6 - last year as a Big Fish
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionSeven professional challenges in a handy list
IBA document details the most important issues facing the legal profession over the next five years.
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OpinionTelling judges how to do justice isn’t a good idea
Chalk is ‘quietly confident’ that the government will be successful in arguments it will be putting to the Supreme Court on Rwanda this week.
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OpinionBillionaires spawn a different kind of lawyer story
Some stories about lawyers in the orbit of the world’s richest person, Elon Musk.
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OpinionMother in Law: Does it matter how we qualify?
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionWhat will the bar look like in 2043?
Bar chair Nick Vineall KC says anomaly of conferring title ‘barrister’ before qualification process is complete is ‘single biggest systemic risk to profession’.
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Opinion'Snow White' in the style of Linklaters
When people are able to ask ChatGPT to give legal advice in the style of a particular law firm, we have big problems.
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OpinionThe joy of plural pronouns in legal drafting
Language has changed. We should get over our shudders for the sake of simpler, clearer, fairer writing.
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OpinionSticking with the ECHR is not just a political issue
Would pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights lead to the UK’s expulsion from the Council of Europe?
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OpinionMother in Law: Family holidays
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionAbusers abusing ‘parental alienation’
'Parental alienation' is alleged far too often, which is undermining trust in the family courts.
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OpinionHow to approach the CILEX debate
I love reading Twitter (sorry, X) accounts of people with whose political views I heartily disagree.
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OpinionAn LCJ who scaled the 'pinnacle of public service'
Lord Burnett of Maldon's private secretary noted that the lord chief justice had 'done more than you could ever know on your behalf’.
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OpinionAugust has been IT month
The holiday season delivers a cascade of important tech developments affecting lawyers and law firms.
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OpinionA new blow for our justice system
Government’s record on administration of justice receives another severe rebuke - this time from an unexpected quarter.
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OpinionMother in Law: Learning to say no
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionSolicitors are instruments of justice
To deal with attacks raining down on us, lawyers need a second strap-line: ‘And if clients’ interests conflict with justice, justice wins’.