Opinion

Catherine Brown

Founder of Skilful Conversation

Barrister turned coach and trainer Catherine Brown identifies the areas in which lawyers commonly fail to communicate clearly, and suggests a number of ways they can avoid confusing their clients.

Rachel Sharp

Clinical Negligence and Serious Injury Associate

Ramsdens Solicitors

Rachel Sharp, who specialises in serious clinical negligence and catastrophic injury cases, explains importance of taking a client-centric approach to holistic care for those involved in personal injury cases.

Alastair Frew

Partner & Head of the Business Property Team

Lodders Solicitors

Alastair Frew, Partner in the Real Estate practice at Lodders Solicitors, reviews the background to Right to Roam, its impact on landowners and countryside walkers, and what changes the government may have in its sights.

Daniel Stern

Partner & Head of Property Litigation

Slater Heelis

After attempts to amend the Fire Safety Bill failed, and the bill passed into law, liability for remedial work on apartment buildings with unsafe cladding remains with leaseholders. Daniel Stern proposes a possible solution.

James Cook

Partner and Head of Planning

Blacks Solicitors

James Cook, partner and head of planning at Leeds-headquartered Blacks Solicitors, shares his thoughts on how recent planning changes will impact on our towns and cities as we begin to ease out of lockdown and move to a post-Covid world.

Lorna Jack

Chief Executive

Law Society of Scotland

Lorna Jack, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland, explains how her organisation has adapted through the pandemic to shape policy and support the nation’s legal sector.

David Jones

Executive Partner & Head of Litigation

Glaisyers Solicitors

The Head of Glaisyers’ Legal 500-listed Litigation practice predicts a future driven by technology, Brexit and the unwinding of government coronavirus measures.

Jodie Hill

Managing Partner

Thrive Law

Managing Partner of multi-award winning Thrive Law talks to us about how leaders must be alive to the mental health challenges faced by their teams during this third lockdown.

Mark Cotter QC

Barrister, Specialising in General and Financial Crime

Five St Andrew's Hill

'The crisis in the criminal justice system has become an unprecedented emergency.'

Brian Noon

Director and co-founder

In-House Legal Solutions

‘Clients or lawyers? Who is driving business model changes in the legal sector?’

Vicky Clark

Director and co-founder

BCL Legal

BCL Director and co-founder, Vicky Clark, details the Manchester Sleepout 2019

Amal Johal

Director

Your Lawyers

Aman Johal, the lawyer representing claimants in the much publicised BA data breach case, shares his insight and views on the airline’s latest round of turbulence