All Comment articles – Page 9
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OpinionImmigration lawyers like us need more than warm words
We want to represent and help as many asylum seekers as we can. But we can no longer afford to do legal aid work in volume.
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OpinionWhat in-house needs from reform of legal regulation
More support for good in-house lawyers – and further to fall for ‘bad’ ones.
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OpinionAI action plans need to weather the coming winter
Legislators are treating the technology as an unstoppable force. It isn't.
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OpinionPlanning: is a change gonna come?
We may not get the planning system that we deserve; we will get the one that we pay for.
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OpinionMake sure solicitor apprenticeships come with a badge
Law firms and in-house legal departments that hire apprentices should replicate some of the wider benefits of the traditional 3-4 years at university.
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OpinionFuture of criminal law needs to start with students
How can a career as a criminal practitioner ever compete with the riches on offer in the City?
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OpinionThe need for 'judicial ADR activism' after Churchill v Merthyr Tydfill
For alternative dispute resolution to be a truly integral part of the civil court process, judges must be 'ADR active'.
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OpinionCouncil bodies want shot of SEND legal duties
Am I too cynical in my assessment of what I see as a partial, self-serving report, whose conclusions were never in doubt?
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OpinionMind the caring gap
Caring for someone else isn’t so much of an ‘if’ but a ‘when’ for most of us. Employers need to implement policies that address the unpredictable and emotional nature of caring.
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OpinionPost Office scandal already a wake-up call for in-house lawyers
Every senior management team should be asking: are we doing enough for our lawyers?
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OpinionDisability Pride Month: What is it and why does it matter?
Members of the Law Society's Disabled Solicitors Network Committee share their experiences.
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OpinionThe government is chasing growth, with implications for law and regulation
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the biggest change for the stock exchange in more than 30 years.
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OpinionTA6 forms will continue to evolve
Modernising is always a challenge for conveyancers but we need to embrace it in order to thrive.
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OpinionDigital election: party manifestos assessed
A look at data and surveillance, AI regulation and Freedom of Information.
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OpinionDfE provides information on controversial experts pilot
The Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service, a Department for Education-funded pilot scheme, has caused concern among family and children lawyers.
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OpinionSuspected Inflicted Head Injury Service and the law of unintended consequences
A serious problem with the concept of the SIHIS pilot is that it assumes that there can be ‘uniform’ opinion in these cases.
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OpinionElection date bets: what the law says
Section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005 makes it a criminal offence to ‘cheat’ at gambling.
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OpinionThe next government must prioritise injured people and those with disabilities
16 million people in the UK are classed as disabled, yet there were just 48 mentions of people with disabilities across the four major parties' manifestos.
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OpinionLet there be art
The 64th annual exhibition of the Law Society’s Art Group is worth a detour to Teddington.
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OpinionWhy isn’t civil justice a bigger election issue?
Millions are hampered by the civil justice mess. They might back a party vowing to do something about it.