All Law Gazette articles in 9 January 2017
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AnalysisTobacco companies take packaging fight to appeal court
The Court of Appeal rules after a High Court judgment upheld the government’s decision to force tobacco companies to use plain, standardised packaging for all their products. Watch the broadcast, in association with Sky News.
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Opinion
BOOK REVIEW: Profitability and law firm management (2nd edition)
Managing partners need to read this book, which can be dipped into or read at length.
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OpinionLawyers: what you need to do in 2017
Law firms of all sizes must embrace technology, reinvestment and new ways of working.
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Opinion
Urgent action on Cuba rights
Amnesty is calling on the authorities to allow members of Cubalex to operate freely without fear of punishment.
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NewsLaw Society to press on with reform after CEO resigns
Catherine Dixon told 100-strong ruling council she ‘cannot in good faith continue to be chief executive of an organisation which is not prepared to change’.
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ProfileInterview: Baroness Scotland QC
We talk cricket and the Commonwealth with serial legal pioneer Baroness Scotland QC.
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NewsNews focus: what now for the council of European bars?
Refugees, the future of the profession and confidentiality of information are on the radar of the CCBE’s new British president – but does the organisation need a name change?
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OpinionBench warmers
This year heralds a changing of the guard among the senior judiciary. Who’s on the way up?
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News‘Bloodsucking lawyers’ latest
Even by tabloid standards, this Daily Mail story was tendentious stuff.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Flack’s Last Shift
A prolific writer of non-fiction takes a confident stride with this debut novel.
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OpinionBrexit and trade: common interests
Can this confederation of 52 nations offer some kind of substitute for the EU?
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ProfileFamily’s victory in Katie Hopkins libel case
Adam Tudor represented the Mahmood family, who received a full apology from the Mail columnist over two articles.
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Opinion
Conveyancing: packing a punch
If conveyancing packs are ever to become compulsory again, we must learn from what went wrong last time round.
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Opinion
Make sure you have insurance covered, solicitors
The brain haemorrhage I had left me unemployable.
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FeatureFamily: sharing foreign pensions on divorce
How will a significant change from established practice affect the court’s power to rule on foreign pensions?
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FeaturePlanning law: shifting foundations
As the government accelerates planning reforms, solicitors are tailoring their services to accommodate what are often contentious changes.