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NewsNews focus: Inquests show that not all are equal in death
State actors are handed millions for expensive lawyers while bereaved families get little or nothing. Calls for equality of arms at inquests are getting louder, with MPs demanding reform
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NewsNews focus: Go compare, conveyancers
HM Land Registry has published a mammoth set of data on requests for further information. Are firms with a high requisition rate ready to learn lessons from the exercise?
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NewsLaw firms report higher profits for ninth year in a row - but work is slowing
Annual benchmarking survey shows majority of practices in good health, but this year income is not expected to rise by much more than inflation.
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NewsNews focus: The colour of a client’s money
As the SRA renews its drive to clamp down on money laundering, law firms have been put on notice that they will need to show how they are complying with the rules – or face hefty sanctions.
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NewsNews focus: Equality still a work in progress
New Law Society research confirms that tackling unconscious bias, fair pay and promoting widespread flexible working are key elements needed to achieve gender equality in the legal profession.
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NewsNews focus: our clinical negligence award was not a 'lottery win'
Few things rile a claimant lawyer more than headlines saying their client has ‘won’ compensation. The Gazette met one family to hear what a multi-million-pound award really meant.
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NewsNews focus: Lawtech - mind the gap
A natural aversion to risk and a heavier regulatory burden mean lawtech startups struggle to attract law firm customers and find it difficult to progress beyond the ‘innovation’ stage.
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NewsNews focus: Making the bar a 'happy place to be'
This year’s bar chair wants to end the profession’s ‘24/7 culture’ to improve wellbeing and help tackle retention woes. And he’s optimistic the MoJ is finally getting the message on funding
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NewsNews focus: A ‘drop in the ocean’ for justice?
The Ministry of Justice sweetened its long-awaited review of swingeing legal aid cuts with a pledge to spend £8m on legal support and litigants in person. But does its response go far enough?
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NewsNews focus: A freelance life off the legal treadmill
More and more lawyers, attracted to the notion of not being tied to a particular practice while working flexibly, become consultants. As law firms are discovering, freelancers offer manifold benefits
