Features
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LIDW24: Uniting the dispute resolution community
Joanna Goodman speaks with Michael Fletcher, co-chair of London International Disputes Week 2024. The Gazette is this year's media sponsor.
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Data page – April 2024
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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Crowded house
The bedrock of our criminal justice system, the magistrates’ courts, is in crisis. So is it time to consider a radical overhaul? Catherine Baksi reports.
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Building better
Economic and ecological challenges have combined to focus attention on the perceived shortcomings of 70-year-old landlord and tenant legislation. Maria Shahid reports on how this is affecting the commercial property market and the litigators who work in it.
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Double take
Feelings run high on the multiple-choice ‘super-exam’ SQE1. Part two has had less scrutiny. Joanna Goodman takes a closer look.
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My London club: reflections on the Garrick row
It matters how accessible elite institutions are.
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Basis period reform: What do I need to know?
What the changes mean for those working in Limited Liability Partnership firms.
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Unfinished business?
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act transformed the criminal justice process. As it turns 40, Catherine Baksi canvasses opinion on whether the legislation is showing its age.
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Data page – March 2024
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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Improving access to justice through explainable AI research and innovation
Experts from the University of Liverpool and Fletchers Group discuss driving forward significant benefits for firms and clients alike. (Sponsored content.)
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A matter of trust
In the second of two features on AI adoption, Joanna Goodman looks at the evolution of the technology’s regulation, as the legal sector learns how and when to trust it.
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How to extract full value from your legal tech
Technology has a big role to play in unlocking efficiencies for law firms, and there are any number of options on the market. Sponsored content.
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Occupational hazards
Employment lawyers are braced for the reintroduction of fees at a time when tribunals continue to struggle with the volume of claims. Fresh legislative upheaval will also have a profound effect on how they work, writes Catherine Baksi.
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Look back in anger
It is 50 years since the pub bombings which led to the convictions of the Birmingham Six. Eduardo Reyes revisits episodes that shame the police, lawyers and judges with Chris Mullin, whose campaign exposed a notorious miscarriage of justice.
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The longest journey
Far more women than men are entering the legal profession – but many struggle to move up its ranks. Structural reform is needed, hears Maria Shahid.
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The shape of money
In the second of two articles on law firm profitability, Joanna Goodman examines the impact on the bottom line of ownership and structure.
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Breaking America
A legal tech mission to North America included UK start-ups keen to break into the priority markets of Canada and the US.