All Feature articles – Page 156
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FeatureHow 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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FeaturePolicing 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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FeatureExpert 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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FeatureManagement receivership orders
Emma Jarvis on how the Supreme Court has brought management receivership orders back from the brink.
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FeatureSearch and seizure: your rights
A practical guide for solicitors who find themselves subject to a police raid.
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FeatureFeatured broadcast: Mitchell sanctions damaging to litigation – Society
The Law Society calls for clear guidance on costs sanctions and a re-emphasis of parts of the Mitchell judgment. Featuring a broadcast of proceedings, courtesy of Sky News.
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FeatureLegal Venezuela: after Chávez
The Socialist country would appear to be a barren environment for foreign investors and their international advisers. But times are changing.
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FeatureHow to: be innovative
The stability that was once a hallmark of our profession has gone for good. Law firms must innovate if they are to thrive.
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FeatureIrish lessons on PII
Ireland’s experience of professional indemnity insurance reform offers useful pointers for England and Wales.
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FeatureCourt on film: secret trial bid blocked - watch the broadcast
The Court of Appeal has blocked an attempt to hold the first entirely secret criminal trial in the UK. Judges ruled that the ‘core’ of the trial of two terrorist suspects can be heard in secret, but the names of the defendants must be revealed.
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FeatureThe SME legal services market
With targeted offerings, law firms can take advantage of SMEs’ need for niche legal advice.
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FeatureFamily Drug and Alcohol Court: breaking the habit
Despite precarious funding, the court has pioneered an approach to fighting parental addiction that keeps more families together.
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FeatureChartwell – relief from sanctions
A judgment deriving from an exception to the general rule on efficiency and proportionality.
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FeatureLegal services orders
A recent decision should herald an increase in the use of legal services orders.
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FeatureCriticising judges: a risky business?
How might the abolition of ‘scandalising the judiciary’ in statute affect public attacks on judges?
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FeatureHow to: be a better solicitor
The softer skills of handling clients and coping with complex administration are indifferently taught. A former Linklaters partner offers a refresher course.