All Comment articles – Page 18
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Opinion
Mishcon’s IPO U-turn highlights risks of going public
Partners are looking at the financial benefits listing might bring and still deciding against it.
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Why we need a Bad Law Project
There are signs that the legal system is slowly succumbing to the coercive culture of compelled speech.
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The cost of living crisis and the rule of law
It is inevitable that our various current crises affect solicitors. This time, the spotlight shifts to those struggling to make a living in the legal aid sector.
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Time is running out to help save the criminal justice system
There is just one week to go until the government’s criminal legal aid consultation closes.
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First year of RTA portal was great for insurers: what next?
Number of claims down, firms dropping out, claimants in limbo. For insurers, the portal worked like a charm.
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How can we defend clients when we cannot defend ourselves?
Whilst united in outrage at inequities meted out to the criminal law community, we are seemingly ill equipped to agree the nature of action to be taken.
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Rwanda deportation plan will not work
Migrants crossing the channel in small boats is a real problem that the Government has so far failed to tackle properly.
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Costs in contempt proceedings
The time has come for parties and the courts to recognise that the general rule on costs is not a neat fit in contempt.
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How lawyers can help Ukraine
The Law Society has assisted the profession through the upheavals of the last few years by providing, on each occasion, resources for solicitors.
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Mother in law: Walking
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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National security and foreign interference
Legislation to replace the Official Secrets Acts of 1911, 1920 and 1939 tells us a great deal about how perceived threats to national security have changed over the past century.
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Don’t assume litigators always want their trial payday
Commentators on Vardy v Rooney would be wrong to think that lawyers encourage such an outcome.
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AML laws have failed: it is time to start again
The Russian invasion of Ukraine should be seen as an opportunity to examine what went so wrong with the money-laundering system.
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Does it pay to represent yourself in court?
Lack of public funding is no doubt a significant reason why there is a growing number of litigants of person.
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Jeremy Hunt’s handy sword of Damocles
Proposals by chair of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee represent an overhaul of the way compensation is awarded when injury is caused by the NHS.
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Time for UK courts to get more screen time?
Johnny Depp's defamation claim against Amber Heard is being televised in America, enabling millions of people around the world to tune in.
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Ukraine invasion: the legal basis for reparations
Despite Russia's UNSC veto, a path does theoretically exist that could be utilised in the years and decades to come.
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Remember, judges are human too
The Court of Appeal's Lady Justice Carr gave a surprising glimpse of what life looks like behind the bench.
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The Rwandan lawyer trap has snapped shut
Attacks by a prime minister on lawyers exercising their professional duties can have a chilling effect on the right of access to justice.
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SLAPPs risk tarnishing the reputation of our justice system
Strategic lawsuits against public participation threaten free speech and democratic debate - we must fight back against these abuses.