All Features articles – Page 16
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FeatureLeft hanging
Imprisonment for public protection swiftly became a policy without supporters. Abolished in 2012, why are so many prisoners still caught in its clutches? Catherine Baksi reports
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FeatureThinking positive
Some IP lawyers feared Brexit and Covid-19 would be bad for business. They could hardly have been more wrong.
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FeatureWe can work it out
Commercial mediation is on the rise and being pushed hard to keep cases out of our congested courtrooms.
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FeatureProblem solvers
A new generation of lawyers is gaining a foothold in private client, attracted by its focus on the individual. We examine the growing stature of the sector in full-service law firms.
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FeatureValue judgements
Digitisation and a focus on more subjective business goals have made the act of measuring value a moveable feast. Yet there is no doubt that technology can enhance this process.
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FeatureTalking pictures
Are online hearings prone to abuse, or have we just not adapted properly yet? Melanie Newman reports on different family justice experiences.
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FeatureBringing more to the table
Leeds Law Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Conference, in association with the Law Society, provided an opportunity to focus on the continuing need for a more modern, diverse and inclusive legal profession.
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FeatureComing to harm
Controlling and coercive behaviour was recognised as a discrete criminal offence in 2015, but is enough being done to protect victims?
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FeatureNew world order
The easing of Covid restrictions brings fresh challenges to law firm recruitment.
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FeatureGiving everyone a fair attempt at the SQE
Ahead of the first ever Solicitors Qualifying Examination, Julie Brannan discusses accessibility, reasonable adjustments and early applications.
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FeatureEver so mighty
Ministers have become fixated on judicial power and the ability of the courts to frustrate government policy. Will they really take on the rule of law as ‘public enemy number one’? Eduardo Reyes reports.
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FeatureTechnology: a community reunited
The return of Legal Geek as an in-person event gave the industry a chance to see how far lawtech has evolved during the pandemic.
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FeatureDuty bound
This year marks 20 years of the race equality duty, introduced in the wake of the Macpherson report’s damning indictment of ‘institutional racism’ in the police. We assess the duty’s impact and enduring legacy.
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FeatureBorrowed time
Can banks and other project financiers live up to their promises on climate and human rights? Are Equator Principles delivering – or at risk of losing their relevance?
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FeatureA helping hand
Covid-19 deaths, the consequent surge in legacies becoming due and the complication of a backlog of probate cases mean charities – and the solicitors that serve them – are emerging tentatively from the pandemic.
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FeatureReady to roll
With a vital role in the competition class actions regime, a push towards standard documentation and a nascent secondary market, the litigation funding sector is growing up.