All Feature articles – Page 137
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FeatureRoundtable: planning for growth
How should law firms grow? Are mergers best or could they even issue 10-year bonds?
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: venues and hospitality
Chancery Lane boasts eight ‘function areas’ that offer a valuable service to solicitors.
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FeatureLitvinenko inquiry: Putin ‘probably’ approved spy’s murder
Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned nearly a decade ago. A public inquiry has concluded that the country’s president probably signed off the murder. Watch the broadcast of court, in association with Sky News.
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FeatureWills: choice and control at the end of life
Lawyers and healthcare professionals have created a pioneering tool to help people control end-of-life decisions.
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FeatureCivil procedure: expert evidence
A failure to control expert evidence will result in the court making adverse costs orders.
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FeatureEducation and training: passing muster?
The SRA has set out a radical blueprint to overhaul the education of aspiring solicitors, but many in the profession fear the reforms will dilute standards.
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FeatureLegal technology: exploiting know-how
Robots are not about to replace lawyers. But what about personal assistants?
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FeatureSaudi Arabia – desert kingdom
Saudi Arabia is a challenging environment in which to advise, but economic liberalisation is creating new opportunities.
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FeatureLiPs, privilege and a solicitor’s duty
A solicitor meeting a litigant in person should explain the concept of without prejudice privilege.
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FeatureWills and probate: relief from forfeiture
When can the court relieve intended beneficiaries with criminal records from forfeiting estates?
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FeatureHow to: make hot-desking work
What if you left for work not knowing where you would be sitting that day? We looks at the pros and cons of hot-desking.
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FeatureThe highs and lows of obtaining an ABS licence
Thorneycroft Solicitors secured its ABS licence two years after first approaching the SRA. Rachel Stow shares the highs and lows of the process
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FeatureDeferred prosecution agreements and follow-on actions
The first DPA in this country has proved to be exactly the kind of illustration of a DPA that the SFO would have hoped for.
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FeatureInsurance Act: Flexible and fit for purpose
The Insurance Act 2015 revamps outdated and unsatisfactory legislation
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FeatureFamily law: setting aside orders
The court will be heavily influenced by what the parties have agreed.
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FeatureMercantile courts: in the vanguard of civil justice
Mercantile courts play a pivotal role in the economy and are in the vanguard of new ways of working.
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FeatureLibel stats don’t tell the whole story
A reported drop in defamation cases was gleefully seized upon by the media, but the reality is less straightforward.
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FeatureRoundtable: social mobility
How can aspiring solicitors gain a foothold in a profession that is perceived as elitist? And how can legal employers change that perception?
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FeaturePower of a profile
How to find out if your law firm is getting real value from social media contacts.