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FeaturePenny wise
The legal profession benefits from a relatively well-defined career structure, but lawyers need to pay close attention to their personal finances as their careers progress.
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FeatureGenerative AI – one year on
OpenAI’s ChatGPT showcased the potential for automating legal processes. Just 12 months later the market is evolving rapidly.
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FeatureNew duty on firms to prevent sexual harassment
For the first time, responsibility is flipped onto a firm to take action proactively, rather than to wait and see if any crisis emerges.
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FeatureLife support
As a practice area, private client is both protected from ‘AI’ and struggling with government automation of life-critical processes. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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FeatureJudgment days
The SRA’s latest power grab could turn the regulator into prosecutor, judge and jury, experts warn. Meanwhile the SDT, whose workload is already shrinking, would shrivel still further, reports Catherine Baksi.
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FeatureData page – November 2023
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureUnhappy families
While the legal framework laid down by the Children Act 1989 remains robust, multiple operational failings in the justice system are letting children down. Rachel Rothwell reports.
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FeatureDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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FeatureWatching brief
In the second of two articles on lawyers supporting justice abroad, Eduardo Reyes reports on the work of the 15-year-old Colombia Caravana.
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FeatureClean up your own backyard
Planning reform is high on the agenda of both main parties, reports Maria Shahid. But endless rounds of consultation, and pledges that are long on aspiration but short on delivery give cause for scepticism.