All Features articles
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FeatureFirst mover advantage
Leading industry figures tell Joanna Goodman what it takes to leap off the traditional career escalator into the fast-expanding world of legal innovation.
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Levelling the playing field
The Equality Act has been in force for over a decade. Has it lived up to expectations?
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Law Society spotlight: December Council meeting
The final Council meeting of 2020 took place on 9 December.
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Timing out
In just over a fortnight the Brexit transition period ends. What now for the legal profession? Eduardo Reyes reports.
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Holding all the aces
Embracing uncertainty can build resilience into your law firm's business strategy.
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A promise of equality yet to be met
The equality pledge of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 remains unfulfilled.
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Bitter pills
Brexit and Covid‑19 are posing major legal challenges for the UK’s vibrant pharmaceutical industry, but the government is keeping lawyers guessing. Marialuisa Taddia reports.
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Something happened
The clients of City law firms can begin to plan for life after Covid-19. But have their priorities changed? Eduardo Reyes reports.
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Opinion
Addressing gender based violence
Shadow solicitor general Ellie Reeves MP says violence against women and girls is ‘close to the top’ of her agenda.
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Put out to pasture?
Will Covid-19 revolutionise the market for commercial property, or just accelerate existing trends? Opinion is divided, reports Marialuisa Taddia.
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Traction and distraction
As technology gains traction, it is reconfiguring the definition and delivery of legal services and taking the future of law in unexpected directions
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Role modelling
Lockdown, which turned the legal recruitment market on its head earlier this year, is back. Yet recruiters are optimistic, reports Maria Shahid.
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Talk of the town hall
As cash-strapped councils descend into crisis, tough questions are being asked about law and governance.
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Law Society business plan 2020/21
2020 has been an extraordinary year for the legal profession, the country, and for the Law Society, writes Paul Tennant.
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Room to grow
There is high praise for the City’s own tribunal. Should it have a bigger remit? Marialuisa Taddia reports.
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Stick or twist?
Law firms will struggle to stay in business without modern tech capability and interactive client resources. But too many are running on ancient systems.
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Cold, hard cash
HMRC’s ‘blended approach’ to tackling tax evasion and money laundering is getting results, reports Melanie Newman. But is it encroaching on people’s rights?
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BSN – 25 years of striving for equality
Networks like the Black Solicitors Network are both a precursor to progress and a way of defending it.
