All Features articles
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FeatureConsultant model firms: Breaking free
Entrepreneurial lawyers are increasingly drawn to consultant model firms – a striking departure from traditional partnership and hourly billing. Instead, they benefit from autonomy over both their working practices and earnings, reports Joanna Goodman.
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FeatureTalent drain: women leaving practice
Women go into – and then leave – practice in greater numbers than men. Why? And what can be done to stem this loss of talent? Maria Shahid reports.
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FeatureSplit decisions
Our legislation on the division of assets on divorce was forged in the 1970s. With reform on the cards, what should be kept? Catherine Baksi reports.
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FeatureGoing native at law’s next frontier
The way that AI-native law firms handle legal tasks and processes points to an evolution of ‘outcomes as a service’.
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FeatureCriminal trial services: Slowly does it
Government claims that outsourced criminal justice services are working well are routinely greeted with scepticism by frontline lawyers. Eduardo Reyes investigates.
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FeatureHorses for courses: pastimes and side-hustles
An absorbing ‘side-hustle’ or pastime can be compatible with – and even helpful to – a legal career, hears Catherine Baksi.
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FeatureHuman rights: Conventional wisdom
Aged 75, the ECHR faces calls for retirement, while at 25, the Human Rights Act is also under attack. Fiona Scolding KC finds their links to peace, stability, respect and autonomy to be intact. So what now?
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FeatureCPR: 'Cinderella service'?
The Woolf reforms have a chequered history, reports Katharine Freeland. Civil procedure still lacks a compelling vision.
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FeatureGeneration gaming
With generative AI becoming a common fixture of law firm tech in 2025, how will this shape law firms – and their lawyers – in 2026?
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FeatureHalf a century of getting even
A huge blow was struck for equality just after Christmas nearly 50 years ago. On 29 December 1975, both the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Equal Pay Act 1970 came into force.
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FeatureDamage limitation
PI claims are falling but the market has returned to growth. Joanna Goodman finds out what’s going on in this resilient sector.
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FeatureFour of a kind
The accountancy giants were coming for big-ticket legal work – until they weren’t, reports Katharine Freeland. So what now for the Big Four in law?
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FeaturePro bono: Good, for nothing
Advice projects highlighted for UK Pro Bono Week showcase a legal profession increasingly focused on strategically important advice against a backdrop of soaring unmet need. Katharine Freeland reports.
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FeatureJustice delayed
With exclusive access to a public observers’ report on criminal justice, Catherine Baksi reviews government efforts to balance the connected crises in prisons and the courts.
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FeatureMona Rigsby: A pioneering woman in Caribbean law
Rigsby's remarkable career unfolded through a period of profound transformation, from the decline of colonial rule to the emergence of Caribbean self-government.
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FeatureCommercial property: Space race
Since the pandemic ushered in new work patterns, prime commercial property’s chasing pack has fallen further behind the market’s leaders. There are knock-on effects for property lawyers, reports Maria Shahid.
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FeatureSkeleton arguments
With 4,500 attendees from 65 countries, Legal Geek’s annual conference was bigger than ever. But its focus has shifted.
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FeatureOffshore: Island mentality
Offshore jurisdictions are promoting themselves to companies and private clients on service, transparency and regulation – their ‘low/no tax’ regimes are no longer enough. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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FeatureBlack history month: First-class citizens
The Race Relations Act 1965 ducked key issues but stands as a seismic legislative moment, paving the way for the more comprehensive laws that followed. On its diamond anniversary, Eduardo Reyes considers the act’s legacy.