All Feature articles – Page 5
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Building a greener future with climate-aligned contracts
Understanding climate clauses, support for organisations and upskilling lawyers.
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Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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SRA regime is broken – here’s how to mend it
The arrogant and power-hungry Solicitors Regulation Authority is out of control and must be reformed. Curbing its fining powers would be start.
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Financial remedies in divorce: will the suggested reforms bring clarity?
The Law Commission's scoping paper on financial remedies in divorce and civil partnership dissolution marks a significant step towards modernising the current legal framework.
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Plus ça change
Brexit campaigners promised that the UK’s departure from the EU would reverse an alleged continental drift in judgments, establishing the primacy of our highest court. Catherine Baksi asks lawyers and former judges – has anything really changed?
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Listening and learning: best legal podcasts
Podcast recommendations have replaced books in conversation, and it seems everyone either has, or is thinking about starting, a podcast.
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Trends in family cases and more for 2025
Undisclosed assets in divorce, silver separations, covert recordings and digital surveillance, and protecting wealth.
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Anticipated changes to the Arbitration Act in 2025
A recap of the key proposals to the Arbitration Act 1996, now progressing through parliament.
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Best laid plans
Ambitious reforms of planning law seek to boost economic growth, alleviate the housing crisis and foster investment. Will they succeed? Maria Shahid reports.
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New world disorder
The exponential rise of GenAI heralded a deluge of new security threats – are law firms up to the challenge?
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Beware the rising tide of environmental and human rights litigation
Companies face complex challenges as ESG-related legislation and regulation becomes an ever-increasing focus for governments and regulators across the globe.
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Clamping down on quack counsellors
There is an urgent need for direct and comprehensive regulation of counsellors, therapists and ‘complementary practitioners’, argue Malcolm Johnson and Richard Reid.
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