All Law Gazette articles in 4 March 2019
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News
Mortgage lenders worried about commonhold insolvency
Law Commission has been tasked with reviving the leasehold alternative to home ownership.
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Opinion
Fighting for vulnerable migrant women's rights
There is a great imbalance in how the hostile environment treats women.
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Feature
English civil litigation: A secure perch
The country’s world-leading position in the legal services market for high stakes litigation will not be easily toppled.
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News
MoD hit with £80k costs penalty after ignoring disclosure duties
Mr Justice Fraser says department should have voluntarily handed over documents to unsuccessful bidder.
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News
New firm taps soaring demand from lawyers for advice on regulatory maze
Bennett Briegal says instructions from lawyers have increased as rules become more complex.
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Opinion
Top-ranking partners must lead from the front
In another 100 years, gender equality must be a given rather than a conversation. But change has to come from the top.
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News
International Women's Day: is partnership a postcode lottery?
Thousands of women lawyers reveal what is holding them back at work in landmark Law Society research. One factor is where they live.
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Opinion
Women do not need authority to achieve
The idea that women need to be empowered is patronising and implies inequality of power.
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News
IT failure knocks out courts for second time in two months
HM Courts & Tribunals Service said it is experiencing problems with the Crown Court Digital Case System.
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News
Legal bills for KWM administration treble
Progress report also reveals £18m owed to unsecured creditors.
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Opinion
If we leave women to correct gender inequality, it will take forever
Men calling out gender inequality is welcome and essential.
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News
On yer bike: ex-Law Society boss bids to ride into record books
Catherine Dixon will attempt a world record tandem cycle across five continents for charity.
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Lord chancellor hits back at bar's Crown court concerns
Lord chancellor says case numbers and waiting times are falling.
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News
London firm with dozens of fee-earners ceases trading
Seth Lovis & Co says it is not accepting any new client matters.
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News
Lawyers drawing up NDAs could be breaking the law, MPs told
Academic tells select committee that some solicitors ‘out of kilter’ with professional duties.
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News
Pre-trial hearing to consider ‘defeat device’ in VW group action case
High Court says early determination could be beneficial to main trial.
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News
Financial crime enforcement 'outsourced to US'
Campaign group calls for new offence of failing to prevent economic crime.
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Feature
Forum shopping and artifice in fraud proceedings
Do not present an artificially constructed case to try and forum shop in the London courts.