All News blog articles – Page 24
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OpinionHonest, officer, it’s in the post
Changes to the time-honoured car tax disc rule may be of interest to lawyers.
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OpinionOur foreign policy could reach for the law
A summer of distressing international news bolsters the case for using universal jurisdiction to apprehend people accused of war crimes.
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OpinionExceptional funding – the emperor’s new clothes
With funding granted in only 4% of the 1,789 applications, and in only 12 family cases, the government cannot simply insist that the scheme is working.
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OpinionDose of realism needed on hourly rates
The arguments about hourly rates must be speedily resolved, with realism applied by both paying and receiving parties.
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OpinionSmashing the glass ceiling… in heels
A photographic project to inspire women lawyers provides lessons for addressing the gender imbalance in firms.
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OpinionWhat price a life shortened by abuse?
The ‘overarching inquiry’ into institutional child abuse will trigger memories of trauma.
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OpinionWhen planning drives local government
It would be a mistake to let planning law drive the shape of London’s local democracy.
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OpinionWho cares it’s August. Get back to work
The legal profession seems stuck in a time warp of long August breaks.
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OpinionArbitration should not be a cloak
Settling the e-borders fiasco in private has a cost beyond the £224m awarded to a contractor.
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OpinionCommercial lawyers: new target for claims
Commercial lawyers who failed to give proper advice on funding and ATE are likely to be the next target for claims.
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OpinionIs depression the last taboo for law firms?
Lawyers suffering from depression often don’t want to talk about it. But the profession needs to do more.
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OpinionAcross the pond
TTIP talks should address barriers to free movement of lawyers between the EU and US, says Law Society president Andrew Caplen.
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OpinionLegal legacy of 1914’s ‘boy soldiers’
Protests over under-age recruitment have their echoes today.
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OpinionRegulator is bewitched by insurance mirage
Before stepping out into the unknown, perhaps the SRA should check the forecast.
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OpinionLawyers on the hippy trail?
Take better care of yourselves – even if 2014 isn’t the summer of love.
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OpinionThe short-lived planning legacy of the Great War
Noble attempts were made to set a new standard for social housing after the first world war.
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OpinionPraise legal aid; don’t bury it
The Legal Aid Agency and the Ministry of Justice have been silent on this week’s milestone.
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OpinionPulling punches on usual suspects
The National Theatre’s production Great Britain misses its target.
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OpinionPassports, please: diplomatically declaring war
Are we commemorating the centenary of something that never formally occurred?