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All News blog articles – Page 12
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OpinionFusion via the back door
Has the process of fusing the solicitor and barrister professions already begun?
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OpinionData law: keep calm and cry freedom
A Brexiting government should consider eschewing the EU's general data protection regulation.
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OpinionWill we see QOCS expanded to new areas?
Extension to claims against police about as likely as England winning the 2018 World Cup.
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OpinionThrow consumers to the wolves. It’s cheaper
Of course the unregulated legal sector is cheaper. That’s why it’s such a danger to clients.
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OpinionCosts: a harsh lesson on proportionality
The slashing of a successful claimant’s costs casts some light on the new rule.
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OpinionThe Legal Services Consumer Panel: what now?
Watchdog is a lobbying group for one interest in a diminishing part of the legal ecosystem.
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OpinionWellbeing awareness beyond a week
Solicitors must keep wellbeing conversations going to make a real difference on mental health.
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OpinionChanging IP law: nearly there
Reforms promised in the new unjustified threats bill are evidence that patient committee work can pay off.
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OpinionLand Registry: Why, Minister?
Think the government is clueless about privatising Land Registry? A classic sitcom was there first.
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OpinionHow fixed costs are looking
The more things develop, the more one gets the sense that the reality is going to be less radical than first feared.
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OpinionMissing a trick in Manila
Norton Rose Fulbright should do more than admin in Manila — why not legal work too?
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OpinionDan Dare will need a good lawyer
David Cameron’s ambition for a UK spaceport, announced in the Queen's speech, faces epic legal battles.
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OpinionAnti-corruption: measuring success
We must judge the success of this week’s London summit only by the long-term practical actions that may follow.
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OpinionUnnecessary is the new black in PI claims
Who needs to prove fraud when you can simply deem claims unnecessary?
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OpinionBrexit – 1975 was another country
Lawyers were urged to give ‘reassurance’ in the last European membership referendum.
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OpinionBreathing space for Slater and Gordon – just
It's a tonic for staff that the firm has struck a deal with lenders, but executives face a daunting challenge to make the numbers add up.
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OpinionBrexit, law and sunk costs
After decades of denying that Brussels creates very much law, the ‘in’ campaign has changed its tune.
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Opinion‘Mob rule’ must not dictate legal aid policy
A ‘one-nation justice system’ cannot be built by recourse to crude populism.
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OpinionFair fees for clinical negligence
Fears have been expressed about fixed fees but radical change could address flaws in the current regime.
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OpinionBite the bullet and raise the court fees cap
If the courts must generate cash, the £10,000 limit is simply too low.