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'Potentially damaging' skills shortage costing firms extra £230m
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Attorney general must explain CPS disclosure failings
Ex-Society president spearheads scheme to provide 'virtual' help to vulnerable
Trump visit spurs 'anti-establishment' protest by law firm chief
Call for 'urgent legal reform' as clin neg damages soar 50%
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Children's charity welcomes immigration legal aid 'U-turn'
Law firm experience boosts in-house pay - report
Progress stalls on solicitor judges, latest diversity stats show
PEP climbs 24% at Travers Smith
City firm seeks shareholders for huge Glencore group action
Profits soar at Addleshaws
Dyson backs parliamentary group's plea for new financial services court
Bevan Brittan and Clyde add to strong reporting round
Filling the judicial void
The cost of doing nothing to resolve the judicial recruitment crisis is immeasurable. David Gauke must act
2020 Vision: The Judiciary's Tech Message
We are at a pivotal moment where the Courts and Tribunals, particularly the County Court, are under immense strain due to lack of resources.
Legal aid u-turn is welcome - but there is more to do
At the Children’s Society we are determined that no child will be left in legal limbo.
Roundtable: Information technology in dispute resolution
Use of technology in legal disputes is taking off, promising dramatic improvements in access to justice. But does legal tech just mean faster, cheaper disputes or will it start to change outcomes?
Features
July’s Council meeting
A long haul fight
How to: create a better website
Navigating the MEES Regulations
Conveyancing – a direction of travel
Disclosure, directions and hot-tubbing
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My legal life: Edward Sparrow
Lawyer in the news: Edward Lishak
An agenda on gender
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Flying visitors
Semi detached
Criminal justice under the cosh
Tom Watson next in line for lawyers' Twitter backlash
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7.01pm? Don't email unless it's urgent
Royal Mail's GC doesn't message colleagues in the evening or at weekends. All lawyers should follow suit.
9 July 2018
This week’s starred law reports include a public spaces protection order, consumer protection, a transfer of liability in a banker-client relationship, personal data protection and gender equality in pensions.
Doing the right thing
How to be an Ethical Solicitor, by Mena Ruparel and Richard Burnham
How to deal with alleged crimes against humanity
The Obligation to Extradite or Prosecute, by Kriangsak Kittichaisaree.
BOOK REVIEW: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Jimmy Savile’s ghost.
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