All Feature articles – Page 155
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FeatureHate crimes legal review
To what extent should the criminal law be used to tackle the stirring up of hatred against minority groups?
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FeatureTechnology: this year's model
For lawyers and clients, innovative devices are blurring the boundaries between work and play.
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FeatureRoundtable: personal injury
The Gazette’s latest roundtable looks at the future of claimant personal injury.
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FeatureRecent changes to rules on business immigration
Laura Devine outlines the amendments to the UK Immigration Rules.
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FeatureHow to: boost your media profile
We consider the value of a media strategy and hiring public relations expertise.
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FeatureEffect of Jackson reforms on expert witness contracts
How might the Jackson reforms impact on contracts arising from the engagement of expert witnesses?
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FeatureHow to: manage your emails
Dealing with and storing emails has been shown to occupy up to half the time of highly-skilled professionals such as lawyers. Roy Russell offers some tips for easing the burden
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FeatureIn defence of refugees
The Mateta case highlights fears that asylum seekers and refugees are not being adequately advised, writes Yewa Holiday.
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FeatureFreedom of information: 'dataset' requests
Rules on open data give commercial bodies access to information they can reuse
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FeatureSingapore’s attraction as a hub for western legal expertise creates tensions
Singapore is blessed with political stability and a triple-A rated economy but has an overcrowded and competitive market.
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FeatureJurisdiction and meaning of habitual residence
A landmark decision from the Supreme Court will have significant implications for practitioners.
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FeatureDelay and strike-out in financial remedy proceedings
Andrew Newbury looks at the introduction of family rules which allow a strike out of a statement of case.
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FeatureDelay in preparing will – professional negligence
What will happen to firms that fail to prepare a will where there are doubts about the testamentary capacity of the client?
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FeatureHow To: be a COFA
The role of compliance officer for finance and administration remains both underappreciated and imperfectly understood.
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FeatureLaw firms and sustainability: good business sense
Far from being an unnecessary distraction in a difficult market, policies and practices that reduce law firms’ impact on the environment are good for business.
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FeatureNew Civil Procedure Rules: handmaid or mistress?
Indulgence can no longer be granted where parties fail to comply with their procedural obligations.
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FeatureStaff wellbeing: fit for purpose
Legal employers are investing heavily in staff wellbeing to boost productivity and retain talent
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FeatureHow to: be cyber secure
Ken McCallum explains what law firms must do to deal with the cyber threat to business.
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FeatureChanges to the Pre-Action Protocol
The Pre-Action Protocol for personal injury claims with a value of less than £10,000 arising from road traffic accidents applies to accidents occurring after 30 April 2010, when the protocol, Practice Direction 8B and the fixed costs in part 45 came into force.