All Feature articles – Page 136
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FeatureLibel and slander
The Defamation Act 2013 in some respects reformed the English law on defamation. Here are example cases in which it has been applied since last January.
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FeatureGeneral election: let it be me
The NHS and the economy may dominate the headlines, but for the politicians who speak for their party on law and justice, feelings are running high heading into the election.
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FeatureHuman Rights Act rethink
The main effect of the Human Rights Act is to prolong litigation and enrich lawyers. Do we really need it?
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FeatureDiversity access scheme: funding social mobility
Social mobility lies at the heart of the Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme.
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FeatureLegal aid tenders judgment
The Court of Appeal delivers its verdict on a challenge by the Law Society and practitioner group to the lord chancellor’s criminal legal aid reforms.
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FeatureGrowth can carry hidden threats
With the opportunity for top-line growth comes the new threat of overtrading. The worst may not be behind us.
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FeatureWhat the SFO is now doing right
David Green has revitalised the Serious Fraud Office but it remains under pressure to deliver convictions.
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FeatureRoundtable: family – relative values
Family lawyers take clients through some of the most difficult episodes of their lives – a process complicated by overstretched courts and inconsistent judgments.
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FeatureRevisiting divorce settlements
The case of Stephen and Ellen Debruin reopens the argument about whether judges’ wide discretion ends with fair results.
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FeatureOverseas corruption: oiling the wheels
Brazil and Nigeria are taking very different approaches to dealing with alleged corruption in the oil sector.
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FeatureConsumer Rights Bill – all change?
With the bill likely to receive royal assent soon, what impact will the broad changes have on consumers and law firms?
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FeatureCivil litigation: indemnity costs
This case serves as a fitting reminder of the need for litigating parties to proceed with caution.
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FeaturePacific alliance: Latin quarters
The four members of the Pacific Alliance trade bloc are attracting growing interest from international firms.
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FeatureCriminal legal aid challenge
The Law Society, London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association and the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association challenge the lord chancellor’s criminal legal aid reforms.
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FeatureIdentification and open justice
Considering anonymity orders for children in personal injury cases in light of a recent Court of Appeal judgment.
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FeatureHow to: make fewer mistakes
A City thought-leader believes he can help clever lawyers avoid doing silly things.
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FeatureRoundtable: Wales – devolution revolution
Will further devolution prove a boon or a burden for solicitors in Wales? The latest Gazette roundtable tries to find out.
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FeaturePermission for appeal granted over criminal legal aid reforms
Groups apply for permission to appeal a High Court decision that rejected their challenge to the lord chancellor’s reforms of the way duty solicitors are provided to those accused of a crime.