All Comment articles – Page 18
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OpinionLegal burnout: what firms can do to help
Pressure can be a great catalyst for lawyers, but too much of it can be seriously harmful.
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OpinionHow to be a resilient lawyer
Five tips to assist you, no matter which stage you are at in your legal career.
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OpinionAML: Spotlight on Corruption is wrong about lawyers
No one can deny tough regulation is needed to ensure anti-money laundering compliance. But this week's report skates over SRA changes already under way.
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OpinionMastering the menopause
The impact of menopause is not going away and it’s not reducing in size. Law firms need to be a safe place to talk.
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OpinionMental health: The impact of SRA investigations
Regulator needs to do more in providing targeted support for all solicitors going through disciplinary investigations.
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OpinionIs there a drinking culture at legal events?
Alcohol can be polarising when it is intended to unite people. There are other ways to interact aside from over a pint or a glass of wine.
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OpinionVoss report is unsatisfyingly hollow and narrow
Before the anti-litigation funding lobby gets too excited, things need to be kept in perspective.
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OpinionPublic need protection from so-called ‘legal advisers’
The super-regulator says clients are satisfied with unregulated will-writers. But how do they know, when the clients are dead?
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OpinionTinkering with the SDLT regime adds fuel to the fire
Once again, the government appears to be using the housing market as a prop to a failing economy.
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OpinionDiversity and inclusion framework: how the legal profession can create lasting change
Law Society's framework supplies workplaces with a proactive three-step action plan to help develop and deliver a D&I strategy.
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OpinionThe assault on EU workplace rights begins
Richard Arthur explains why the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill heralds a catastrophic demolition of workplace rights.
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OpinionCohabitation law is stuck in another age
Cohabitation rates are increasing faster than ever, so why has nothing happened to bring law into the 21st century?
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OpinionNHS litigation: grounds for optimism
NHSR Advise, Resolve and Learn 2025 must continue the transition from litigation to other forms of ADR.
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OpinionDelays in our civil courts have now reached crisis point
Only an immediate increase in funding can reverse the escalating wait for justice.
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OpinionMoney matters – and crime doesn’t pay
As a clinical negligence trainee solicitor, I boasted a charge out rate of more than £160 per hour. I could not afford to instruct myself.
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OpinionWill budgeting survive latest costs review?
Things never stay still for long in the world of costs.
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OpinionThe Straw man is back - and this time it's personal
Labour's last lord chancellor shares some candid thoughts on his successors.
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OpinionTruss may have one unlikely group in a cold sweat
New prime minister's stint as lord chancellor was brief, but she did manage to pick a fight with the insurance lobby.
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OpinionSQE: one year on
Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce reflects on the first 12 months since the Solicitors Qualifying Exam was introduced.
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OpinionWhen Crown court judges start to look young
The wheels of justice kept turning - just - on day one of the defence barristers’ indefinite walk-out.