All Feature articles – Page 145
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PI diversification poses risks
The trend of non-specialist firms moving into clinical negligence work in a bid to shore up revenues following LASPO could have damaging consequences for the profession.
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Record of extraordinary service
About 6,000 solicitors joined the forces in the Great War. Each has a story to tell.
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The retreat from Mitchell
Last week’s compliance guidance offers a more nuanced approach to penalty enforcement. Triviality has gone.
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Pensions: enrolment and partnerships
LLP members should be considered ‘workers’ for the purposes of auto-enrolment legislation.
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Rise of the company secretary
Once unfairly maligned as a glorified clerical position, the company secretary has become much more visible – and valuable.
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City regulation: business as usual?
The Wonga ‘fake law firm’ scandal has triggered renewed criticism of seemingly lax regulation in the City. How much has really changed since 2008?
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Refoulement – EU law and asylum
States are neglecting their basic international obligations.
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Enforcing financial ombudsman decisions
Why are attempts to enforce Financial Ombudsman Service decisions in the legal system so onerous?
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How to: move in-house
Competition for in-house legal positions has never been more fierce. We offer advice for those on the outside looking in.
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Risk and compliance: the tools of hazard
Law firms are constantly evaluating and managing risk but best practice can remain elusive, debated delegates at the annual Risk and Compliance Conference.
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Breaking the covenant of trust
The SRA’s short-sighted approach to regulatory reform needs an urgent rethink.
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Roundtable: future of the bar
The success of commercial barristers is reliant on an independent and viable publicly funded bar now under sustained attack. What to do?
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Policing online abuse
The proliferation of complaints arising from social media poses difficult questions over how they should be dealt with.
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Data page – June 2014
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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Search and seizure: your rights
A practical guide for solicitors who find themselves subject to a police raid.
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Management receivership orders
Emma Jarvis on how the Supreme Court has brought management receivership orders back from the brink.
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Expert evidence under the spotlight
Radical reform of funding and compliance has placed the relationship between practitioners and expert witnesses under strain.
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