The Rule of Law. Like democracy, the phrase is much used by politicians when they are trying to assume the role of a statesman rather than […]
Fear of China: Huawei and the Rule of Law
Extinction Rebellion: right cause, wrong truth
English criminal law has recently been working overtime. As Extinction Rebellion protests have disrupted everyday life at multiple locations, well over 1000 people have been arrested […]
Will technology kill all the lawyers?
It is more than ten years since Richard Susskind completed his provocative work, The End of Lawyers? He was right to end the title with a […]
Calling time on the death penalty
New laws in small countries rarely make big headlines.
Don’t litigate – mediate instead
Commercial disputes arise as an inevitable consequence of globalisation. Internationally, they have continued to grow in number as a direct result of increased cross-border activity. Those […]
Ask me not what I know
Nick Clegg to face questions in ENRC Court action
Is Singapore the future of law?
It is thirty years since my first visit to Singapore. At the time, I had no idea that within a decade I would be managing a […]
Infringement on the rise: 35% of brands suffer Industrial Design infringement
The ongoing globalization of markets and the ease to reach consumers online, has resulted in more and more trademarks being filed to take advantage of commercial […]
The SFO: masters of their fate?
Sir David Green is an honourable man. That much was confirmed last December when the former Director of the Serious Fraud Office was knighted by the […]
Lawyers: why crime doesn’t pay
The link between crime and poverty, particularly urban poverty, was established long ago. Anxious about the impact of a ‘criminal class’, the Victorians set about examining […]
How many ethnic minority partners are there in your law firm?
Every summer, the American Lawyer publishes a Diversity Scorecard “to provide a snapshot of where the industry is headed.” It records the number of full-time minority […]
Judges’ warnings: we need to listen
By convention, judges very rarely give interviews and never make political comment. Even in our all pervasive media age, they still follow the dictum of Lord […]