All Feature articles – Page 93
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Costs office ‘not a sausage-making machine’
Master Peter Haworth hopes e-bills will be introduced to lessen the workload of the Senior Courts Costs Office, but this won’t be any time soon.
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Top tips to treat the team at Christmas
Katharine Freeland asks lawyers for the best ways to reward hard‑working colleagues
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Law Society spotlight: Building a trusted community
Revamping the Conveyancing Quality Scheme will drive continuous improvement in best practice, client service and practice management
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Well-known tools can be adapted to fight new forms of fraud
A combination of modified legal weapons and various innovative service methods made for a groundbreaking judgment in a banking fraud case earlier this year.
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Data page – November 2018
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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The lion’s share
With the government backing a drive to make Singapore a cutting-edge legal hub, dozens of foreign firms are vying with each other for a slice of the action. Marialuisa Taddia reports
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Facts of life
The Court of Protection’s new vice-president wants to enhance its role and stimulate public debate, hears Grania Langdon-Down
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Testing times
Many have questioned the price tag of the new super-exam – but there are more serious concerns, about the impact it could have on access and the threat of a ‘two-tier’ profession.
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Five-star service
As host of a high-rolling conference on court excellence and innovation, Dubai showcased performance standards that less lavishly endowed jurisdictions can learn from. Michael Cross reports
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Your guide to avoiding the most common data breaches
István Lám, CEO and founder of Tresorit, explains how law firms can avoid the most common type of data breaches resulting from human error.
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A new approach to witness evidence
Many are beginning to question whether, in commercial disputes, the benefits of oral witness evidence are really proportionate to the time and cost incurred.
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Legal Geek comes of age
As the start-up landscape has evolved, Legal Geek has matured from being a genuine disrupter into the go-to legal tech event, backed by the pillars of the establishment.
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When property law and consumer legislation collide
Can consumer rights laws back up tenants seeking lease extensions from landlords? The question divided the Court of Appeal.
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Grenfell and the right to free expression
The arrests of six men for burning an effigy of the Grenfell Tower has pushed the issue of clarity between public and private expression back into the spotlight.
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Sinking the data pirates
An uncle who joined Gandhi’s independence movement inspired Ravi Naik to aim for a legal career, the Law Society human rights award winner tells Jonathan Rayner
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Reforming the courts: a half-time report
What is the current state of play following plans announced two years ago to improve the courts and tribunals system?
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Gonna change the world
When lawyers become standard-bearers for high-profile activism, funding major litigation requires innovative thinking. Social media has a vital role too, writes Grania Langon-Down