Covid-19: Latest developments
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Tenants could lose access to duty solicitor in eviction cases
Court proposals to resume proceedings include strongly encouraging defendants to get early legal aid help.
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Trainee puts legal career on pause to help on health frontline
We’ll weather the Covid storm, upbeat Gateley tells investors
Solicitor banned for bluffing to opposing party over mediation
Hotels and sports halls being considered as makeshift courts
Barristers demand cleaner magistrates’ courts
Society postpones annual general meeting
Jury trials return to more courts
Royal Commission could be next Covid-19 victim
Judge disciplined for obtaining personal records
Remote hearings review to report back next week
Commercial Court activity dips for first time in five years
Top-25 firm cuts salaries and partner drawings for almost a year
Criminal bar warns of ‘disturbing’ rise in informal police sanctions
Rule-makers told to look again at disbursement costs recovery
Law firms keep up community work during Covid lockdown
Insight: Debt-laden McMillan had been loss-making for years
Lugano: imperfect, but better than nothing
Convention is a ready-made solution for cross-border recognition of court judgments once the Brexit transition period ends.
Best of the blogs - 23 May 2020
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Coronavirus: Let’s learn lessons from previous public inquiries
The time to settle the terms of reference is now.
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Kaplan appointment solicitor apprenticeships
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Cyber awareness during lockdown
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Legal Access Challenge winners April 2020
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Representation in law firms improving, but more to do
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Consultation on minor changes to Principles for Qualified Lawyers - News release
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SRA sets out its strategic priorities for next three years - News release
Lawyers in lockdown: stories from the frontline
My legal life: Russell Davies, Smith Partnership
Lawyer in the news: James Severn, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Lawyers in lockdown: stories from the frontline
Lawyers in lockdown: stories from the frontline
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10,000 reasons to walk in the park
Alas, the London Legal Walk, the biggest meet-up of the legal year, was an early casualty of the pandemic.
Memory lane 18 May 2020
A stroll down Gazette memory lane.
How do you plead – interesting or boring?
A judge's blunt observational style is under scrutiny in Australia.
Beacon of gratitude in Chancery Lane
Law Society headquarters turns blue for the NHS on Thursdays.
Taking the controls
In-house counsel are wary of a ‘golden age’ for private practice which can mean partner profits taking priority over client needs. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
Data page – June 2020
Protecting your firm from partner departures
Pressures of a pandemic
Post-lockdown business checklist for law firms
Men and mental health
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GCs urged to 'reach out' to women-run legal services providers
Open letter highlights danger of diversity progress stalling once the pandemic is over.
Firm hire: Boutique firm Berkeley Rowe welcomes new partner
Firm promotion: New senior partner at Thomson Snell & Passmore
Firm hire: BLM welcomes new IT director
Firm promotion: New head of commercial litigation at Irwin Mitchell
Firm promotions: Boodle Hatfield appoints five partners
Firm hire: Charities and contentious probate expert joins Carbon
Firm hire: Trowers & Hamlins welcomes commercial employment partner
Firm promotion: New IP partner at Wiggin
Reasoned analysis of sexual offences
Criminalizing Sex: A Unified Liberal Theory | Stuart P Green
Zooming in on a new normal
The Virtual Workspace: 50 Tips for Effective Video Conferencing | Andrew King
A succinct and no-fuss reference tool
Parker’s Will Precedents (10th edition) | Leon Pickering
Playing the markets
The Little Book of Market Manipulation: An Essential Guide to the Law | Gregory J Durston and Ailsa McKeon
Starting out on your own
Business Skills? Don’t Be Daft I Am A Lawyer! What you need and why you need it | Ann Page
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