All Feature articles – Page 128
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FeatureLegal Technology: riding the evolutionary wave
Legal IT is changing, with new offerings from tech giants and continuing consolidation among vendors
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FeatureDefining dishonesty: Personal injury
Is ‘fundamental dishonesty’ the new battleground in industrial disease cases?
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FeatureDonatio mortis causa
King v Chiltern Dog Rescue and Redwings Horse Sanctuary [2015] EWCA Civ 581
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FeatureChallenges to ‘austerity’ cuts
Lincolnshire County Council has recently undergone two legal challenges to its proposals for redesigning its library service in the light of ‘increasing budgetary constraints’.
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FeatureData page – November 2015
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureMembers of sex-abuse ring appeal convictions
Four members of a Bristol-based sexual exploitation ring involved in the abuse of teenage girls appeal their convictions for rape, paying for the sexual services of a child and supplying class-A drugs.
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FeatureLitigation funding: third sector
Third-party funding is growing in popularity, but powerful critics allege that it fosters an ‘unhealthy’ litigation culture.
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FeatureCombating data theft
Preventing the hacking of data is a logistical problem rather than a legal one.
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FeatureClosed Material Procedures: disclosure
The question of what procedural fairness demands in the context of national security is troubling the courts.
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FeatureHow to: give to charity
Your law firm is keen to do its bit for the community by donating to charity. Admirable – but there’s quite a lot to consider.
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Feature‘Refugees’, ‘migrants’ and the Brexit vote
Popular familiarity does not necessarily reflect an equally robust understanding.
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FeatureLawyers against poverty
New pro bono collective Oxfam Lawyers Against Poverty is working to improve legal education and boost access to justice in the central Asian republic of Tajikistan.
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FeatureThe price of legal services researched
New research by the Legal Services Board aims to begin to fill the gap in knowledge about the prices of legal services.
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FeatureHow to: return to the profession
How do you revive your legal career after taking a lengthy break? A returner course could point you in the right direction.
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FeatureRoundtable: corporate counsel
Complex supply chains are a developing challenge for corporate counsel in international companies, affecting everything from tackling bribery and corruption to business continuity, hears the latest Gazette roundtable.
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FeatureLegal aid contracts: start again
After botching the criminal tender process, the Legal Aid Agency must work with the profession to facilitate market consolidation.
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FeatureThe royal prerogative of mercy
In the English tradition, the RPM is one of the historic royal prerogatives reserved to the British monarch, in which she can grant pardons to persons convicted of criminal offences.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: International Division
Chancery Lane’s International Division offers firms crucial advice on how to set up and thrive in overseas jurisdictions.
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FeatureOpenness threatened by ‘decluttering’
The likely findings of the Commission on Freedom of Information’s report.