All Feature articles – Page 150
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Data page – February 2014
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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Judicial diversity: minority interest
It is eight years since judicial selection was overhauled, but improving diversity is turning out to be a difficult and slow process.
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Reshaping CPD
Change is coming to continuing professional development and the SRA wants to hear your views.
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Family courts: women and children first
Men have every right to feel disillusioned with the family courts system.
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The Defamation Act 2013
It is not a consolidating ‘one-stop’ act for the core principles of defamation and cannot be considered in isolation.
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Unrated insurers: the wrong questions
Imposing a rating requirement is a short-term solution to a long-term problem. Should we review the scope of cover from the ground up?
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Roundtable: conveyancing
The Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion, on risk management in conveyancing.
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Changes to extradition law
The proposed amendments contained in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill.
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Working with financial advisers
Joint ventures are superseding the in-house financial services model.
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The Immigration Bill and sham marriages
What problems arise from the sham marriage measures in the new bill?
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Romania: after the party
Romania continues to grapple with the malign legacy of Nicolae Ceausescu, but its legal sector is thriving.
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Commercial property and IT advances
Technology will revolutionise the commercial property sector, with far-reaching consequences for landlords, tenants and advisers.
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Local government: abuse of power
A council that evicted a solicitors’ firm from authority-owned offices did so as a ‘punishment’.
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Costs: knowing your client
If solicitors fail to carry out adequate due diligence on clients, costs could be wasted in many ways.
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Employment tribunals and workers’ rights
Is the introduction of fees for workers to access employment tribunals fair, or is it a poorly thought-out process?
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Probate: rectification and interpretation
An in-depth look at the recent important wills mix-up judgment.
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Immigration: Malta Individual Investor Programme
What next for the country’s controversial law that would allow people to live there for a fee?
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Duggan, inquests and transparency
The inquest into the shooting of Mark Duggan would have benefited from greater transparency.