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Judicial diversity: a long way to go?
Lack of diversity on the bench has persisted despite the best efforts of legislators & the legal profession: Geoffrey Bindman asks what more can be done
10 December 2021 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
What do the results of COP26 mean for the legal sector? Premium Content
Lawyers will play a key role in safeguarding the future, writes Andrew Whitehead
03 December 2021 / Andrew Whitehead
Judicial review: a process under pressure Premium Content
Matthew Smith gets under the skin of the government’s concerns about judicial overreach
03 December 2021 / Matthew Smith
Climate refugees: a 21st century crisis Premium Content
Is the law in place to protect people who are forcibly displaced by environmental disaster? Sharmistha Michaels investigates
24 November 2021 / Sharmistha Michaels
Too late to close the box? Premium Content
John Gould examines the troubling implications for privacy & the rule of law when vast swathes of information are released in the name of transparency
19 November 2021 / John Gould
A bumpy ride ahead for Google? Premium Content
Google and its detractors suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, as David Greene reports
19 November 2021 / David Greene
Here to act, not to judge (Pt 2) Premium Content
What price justice? In a second update on the parlous state of our justice system, Theo Huckle QC explains why all of our people’s legal rights should be real and enforceable
12 November 2021 / Theo Huckle KC
Time for some shock therapy? Premium Content
Post-2010 & the damage done to our criminal justice system: Jon Robins reviews calls for the reinstatement of areas of social welfare law
12 November 2021 / Jon Robins
Here to act, not to judge Premium Content
In the first of a special two-part series, Theo Huckle QC explains how the talking-down of lawyers over many years shows a serious lack of leadership in public debate
05 November 2021 / Theo Huckle KC
Pro Bono Week: View from the Ministry
Fiona Rutherford, director, Access to Justice Policy, at the Ministry of Justice, pays tribute to the value of pro bono for lawyers & clients alike
29 October 2021 / Fiona Rutherford
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Court delays weigh heavily on children
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
NLJ this week: Redrawing boundaries for fiduciary duties and motor finance claims
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
NLJ this week: BBC’s open justice bid fails in care proceedings
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
NLJ this week: Parliamentary privilege—shield or sword?
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
NLJ this week: Litigation funding must serve justice, not failure
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
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