All Law Gazette articles in 22 March 2021
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NewsNews focus: Every little helps - FTSE 100 panels and diversity (part 2)
In the second of a two-part investigation, the Gazette discovers how major corporates are pushing their legal firms to increase diversity and inclusion – amid fears that such policies could backfire.
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OpinionLetters roundup: 22 March 2021
2020 dimming the capital’s glow, JLD healthy drinking campaign and help needed: your letters to the editor.
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NewsPink string and smokes: articling in the 80s
Readers’ memories of serving articles have now entered a fourth decade, with Melanie Benn’s recollections of joining ‘a very large South Yorkshire firm’ in 1989.
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NewsAnyone for post-pandemic rugger and netball?
More great news for athletic types: the Law Society RFC 7s & Netball Tournament is back and with a year’s worth of pent up demand, the organisers are looking forward to another record-breaking year.
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FeatureBuilding back better
The pandemic has helped tech innovations become more established, but should legal tech be used merely to rebuild, or to create something truly revolutionary?
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NewsLaw Society begins home information pilot
Key information for home buyers and sellers will be available earlier in the conveyancing process.
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NewsNew breed of law firm consultancy transforming the market
As the pandemic has shown how remote working can provide major benefits for legal practices, clients and lawyers, the traditional law firm could be facing an existential threat.
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ProfileTrust builder
The City’s first general counsel to a law firm talks to Eduardo Reyes about the groundbreaking regulatory work that shaped the world of elite firms.
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OpinionWhere now for the EU – and the United Kingdom?
Brexit and the Future of the European Union: The Case for Constitutional Reforms Federico Fabbrini £29.99, Oxford University Press ★★★✩✩ President Macron has called for a new European Renaissance and for a continental conference to plan the future of the EU. This ...
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OpinionTaking the high road
It was clear to me that many solicitors south of the border envied the Scots their seemingly inviolable autonomy.
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FeatureSplit verdict
With the SNP set for a majority in May’s Holyrood elections, is Scotland on its way out? Marialuisa Taddia canvasses lawyers on the future of devolution and its implications for the law on both sides of the border.
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OpinionConveyancing, digitisation and up-front information
Law Society announces pilot project to provide wholly digital facility for collection of up-front information using the TA6.
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FeatureData page – March 2021
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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NewsEx-Post Office workers reach Court of Appeal
Over 40 former sub postmasters will attempt to have their convictions quashed in the Royal Courts of Justice this week.
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NewsLawyers fact checking again on Line of Duty return
Solicitor was awake, alive and apparently not corrupt. Which is a start.