All Columnist articles – Page 8
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OpinionMother in Law: Lying to clients
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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OpinionBed-bugs, AI and war
International Bar Association's annual conference in Paris reflected the outside world remarkably accurately.
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OpinionSentence construction
Poor public understanding of sentencing is diluting the quality of debate.
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OpinionPut lawyers at the heart of the rule of law
If it is correct that lawyers make and apply the law daily and repeatedly, with more widespread impact than any court of law, that needs to be acknowledged.
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OpinionMother in Law: Dressing to (not) impress
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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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.