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law Articles

Open access to justice

Students with the potential to be incredible solicitors, barristers and judges are being blocked from entering the legal profession. That needs to change, writes Nick Thomas-Symonds MP Open access to the legal profession for anyone with the ability, skill and...

Professional standards and legal regulation: a question of trust?

Trust in the professions is essential. We all have to have confidence in core professional standards – standards such as integrity, confidentiality and independence – of those whom we entrust with our health, our finances or our legal issues. The Solicitors Regulation...

Barriers to the bar

The Young Fabians’ Women in Leadership project aims to explore and identify the barriers women face in obtaining positions of leadership across a range of industries. While there has been a focus on women’s representation in different sectors, especially those...

Labour’s human rights dilemma

Sadiq Khan announced this week that Labour will seek to shift power back to British courts after a period of perceived deference to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. He also mounted a vigorous defence of the European Convention on Human Rights and the...