All News blog articles – Page 10
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OpinionAppeal court has listened to claimants on fixed costs
As claimant lawyers face long-feared PI reforms, two judgments come as positive news.
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OpinionTruss sounds death knell for claimant PI sector
Lord chancellor appears even keener than her predecessors to go after claimant lawyers.
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OpinionAt last: a digital success in justice
Crown court judges have forsaken paper for laptops. That’s worth celebrating, but doesn’t mean IT is all downhill from here.
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OpinionJackson again? Fixed costs review will attract scepticism
Is a fixed costs evangelist the right person to lead a review?
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OpinionClaimants forced to reveal funding secrets
Judgment considered a ‘test case’ for whether third-party funders can remain anonymous.
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OpinionEquality: men must lean in too
Equality is everyone's business. To achieve it, women lawyers need male counterparts to act with greater confidence.
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OpinionIs criticising judges only for the posh prints?
Britons have been denigrating the judiciary at least since Hogarth. Long may it continue.
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OpinionNot just Brexit judges who are under attack
The lord chief justice was concerned with more than just article 50 this week.
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OpinionA good divorce?
With some help from policymakers we can change negative perceptions of divorce.
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OpinionHeathrow runway litigation: brace for impact
Further rounds of legal challenges to airport expansion will bring the law into disrepute.
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OpinionLegal trouble with ‘aid for trade’
Legal and governance problems arise from the international development secretary's latest aim.
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OpinionJustice for victims of Gaza flotilla raid?
The Israel-Turkey agreement over the 2010 raid sidelines its victims and does nothing to contribute to a wider peace process.
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OpinionSolicitors can help UK avoid costly Brexit mistakes
The Law Society and solicitors can apply their specialist expertise as the country prepares to withdraw from the EU.
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OpinionHere’s how I’d tackle the whiplash culture
If the government must do something, it’s looking in the wrong place.
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OpinionThis obsession with timesheets is all wrong
One London practice has reportedly locked fee-earners out of their computers for poor timekeeping. But partners will be driven away if firms use more stick than carrot.
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OpinionBrexit: we must remain the global legal leader
The Law Society is working to ensure that England and Wales remains the go-to jurisdiction post-Brexit.
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OpinionBake Off: what’s to stop the BBC reinventing the show?
TV production companies try to accrue a mass of IP protections to fend off competition.
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OpinionLabour finally doing itself justice
It probably won’t win the public over, but Labour is openly wooing the legal profession.