All articles by Jonathan Goldsmith – Page 14
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OpinionPrinciples and the European arrest warrant
Welcome intervention by CJEU or another example of EU over-reach?
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OpinionArtificial intelligence and lawyers' ethics
Guidelines for trustworthy AI identify key requirements applicable to the profession.
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OpinionA Facebook court? Our legal system needs to catch up
The UK’s national laws and legal systems are not prepared to cope with borderless cyberspace.
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OpinionIssues for lawyers in China’s Belt and Road Initiative
The country’s overseas investment project raises significant policy concerns for the profession.
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OpinionUK opts into several EU criminal measures just before Brexit
The surprising moves are in the hope of forming seamless criminal cooperation once we leave the EU.
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OpinionUpsides to the sector’s major challenges
In the face of national disputation and meltdown, we must consider the positive sides of problems facing the profession.
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OpinionLaw Society must support freelance newcomers
Chancery Lane should be prepared to manage the integration of freelance solicitors and solicitors in unregulated businesses.
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OpinionA CJEU decision touching UK citizens with an EU nationality
UK citizens with a second EU nationality must become acquainted with the nationality law of their second Member State.
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OpinionResisting more soft law for lawyers
Our ethical codes should be our guide when deciding what is in the public interest.
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OpinionSome special relationship
The open market of England and Wales leaves us in a weak bargaining position when it comes to any post-Brexit trade deals
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OpinionMind your language
Criticism of the Legal Services Board stems from its poorly worded objectives.
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OpinionA Law Society role in political controversy
Profession needs a go-to fact-checking website to lay out background law in complex legal matters.
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OpinionBeware the hidden consequences of legal tech
Benefits that technology can bring to the sector are plentiful, but its social costs are alarming.
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OpinionMore no-deal Brexit advice – but more still needed
The Law Society and Resolution have issued a note for solicitors engaged in cross-border family work. Now other subject areas must be tackled.
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OpinionChancery Lane’s Brexit bind
As a no-deal Brexit looms, should the Law Society come off the fence?
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OpinionHow ‘Les Mis’ speaks to lawyers today
Despite the 150 years since Victor Hugo’s novel was published, some of its themes still echo in present-day law.
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OpinionThe impact of the US shutdown
Court fees and other funds have allowed the federal court system to continue to operate - but money is expected to run out this Friday.
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OpinionSuper regulator brings CPD back from the grave
Absence of specific CPD rules for English and Welsh solicitors either makes us very advanced, very backward, or proves that such rules are irrelevant to our profession.
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OpinionHow to spend even more time on Brexit
Further Brexit-related developments affecting legal services include the US government’s consultation on a future trade deal with the UK.