All Comment articles – Page 11
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OpinionThe SFO in-tray: Five key challenges for the new director
Nick Ephgrave must quickly rebuild trust and reshape the organisation.
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OpinionDefendant vs victim rights: A time for change?
Navigating the complexities of a defendant's refusal to attend a sentence hearing demands a careful examination of available options.
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OpinionLawyers are exasperated by net zero U-turns
Environmental law experts give their verdict as Sunak junks key parts of the government’s existing climate change policies.
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OpinionMaternity failings are now sadly all too familiar
Medical negligence solicitors are seeing the same mistakes made again and again.
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OpinionRemoving lawyers from police misconduct hearings is not the answer
Proposal to replace legally qualified chairs with senior police staff is a hugely retrograde step.
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OpinionSLAPPs clampdown must go further
An open letter from journalists and lawyers to justice secretary Alex Chalk.
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OpinionAre you interested in becoming a district judge?
The Judicial Appointments Commission is looking for 100 new district judges - with vacancies across England and Wales, writes Lord Bellamy KC.
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OpinionGovernment has moral imperative to fix child court backlogs
Family lawyers would welcome an active role from the government in the promotion of alternative dispute resolution.
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OpinionLady Justice is bleeding
Fixed recoverable costs regime is unfit for purpose - the time has come to hold those responsible to account.
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OpinionClick to convey: a lesson from Norway
Want to see what a real home information pack looks like? Look north.
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OpinionLawtech: We must not take our leading position for granted
Our ambition is to make the UK a hub for lawtech, and a haven for legal innovators.
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OpinionChanging Ethical Landscapes
This week we publicly launched our professional ethics programme – Changing Ethical Landscapes web hub.
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OpinionFixed costs extension will mean a worse service. Clients need to be told
There is no point spinning it: the client-lawyer relationship will have to change from October.
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OpinionTime to overhaul legal regulation - again?
Piecemeal changes and mission creep are undermining the 2007 ‘Clementi’ settlement to the point where a wider review is becoming necessary.
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OpinionIn the UK approach to asylum, nothing works
I don’t mean the new phase of asylum policy has fallen short of expectations.
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OpinionWhat's wrong with wearing headphones at work?
Law firms need a common sense approach for employees who hate open plan.
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OpinionDiversity and inclusion must remain at forefront of profession’s agenda
By recognising and dismantling barriers related to race, class and gender, the legal sector can become more vibrant and inclusive.
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OpinionSolicitor apprenticeships: working for social mobility?
Those who could benefit the most from a legal degree apprenticeship are missing out.
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OpinionJust start nuclear
There is only one solution to energy security and net zero. But nuclear policy is still a mess.
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OpinionBigger SRA, new name?
Solicitors Regulation Authority is open to considering name change if it takes charge of legal executives.