All Features articles – Page 19
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FeatureConveyancing risks and indemnity insurance
The past 10 months have seen a significant increase in the volume of conveyancing transactions. What does that mean for your PII?
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FeatureTaking the rap: crime
In a dysfunctional and cash-strapped criminal justice system, are sentencing discounts for a guilty plea leading to miscarriages of justice?
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FeatureFeeling the heat
A housing market that ground to a complete halt last year is suddenly white hot, as pent-up demand meets a controversial tax holiday.
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FeaturePostcard from Abroad: Tony Grundy, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Singapore) LLP
We return to Singapore as Tony Grundy, counsel, explores what it’s like to work there.
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FeatureA quieter mind: Nature and mental health
Nature is in the National Parks in abundance, but it’s also round the corner.
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FeatureOlive Clapham – ‘first woman barrister’
On 25 May 1921, The Times published the bar final examination results. For the first time, the list of successful candidates included a woman: Olive Catherine Clapham. The newspaper marked this milestone with a short article highlighting her achievement, headlined ‘The First Woman Barrister’. Dr Caroline Derry ...
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FeatureRemote control
Civil justice practitioners report numerous benefits from a move to remote proceedings. Criminal law was always going to be more problematic.
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FeatureEngagement or subversion?
Pandemic pragmatism has brought technological innovation to the forefront of legal services, but a critical factor is being overlooked – the needs of the user
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FeaturePostcard from Abroad: Anna Weiss, Kennedys Miami
Examining how English law is being used in different jurisdictions.
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FeatureThe Old trouble
A tumultuous 12 months has ensured lawyers working in pensions disputes are busier than ever.
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FeatureHow to: Win an award
All lawyers tell prospective clients and job candidates that they, their team and the firm are the best – so an award helps prove it. Maria Shahid talks to the people who know how to go about winning one.
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FeatureFree enterprise
‘Cumbersome and clunky’ or the ‘envy of the world’? Post-Brexit, reform of the UK’s antitrust regime could encompass the globally esteemed Competition Appeal Tribunal.
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FeatureBelieve it or not
Several legal tech stories published on 1 April seemed especially imaginative.
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FeatureClimate change disputes in Europe and beyond
Climate change-related disputes have evolved beyond damages-based claims to a new and diverse class of legal action.
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FeatureCandidates for change
The lasting effect of the pandemic on law firm hiring policies – and a candidate’s options – looks set to be profound, writes Katharine Freeland
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FeatureKeeping it clean - Risk and compliance
Remote working in the legal sector became ubiquitous overnight. But what have firms done since to control and manage the changing nature of risk, and ensure that they remain compliant?
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FeaturePostcard from abroad: Sinyee Ong, Sharpe & Jagger
Sinyee Ong, who works at Sharpe & Jagger in Singapore, describes how English law is applied in construction and insurance cases.
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FeatureBuckland's judicial power project
Did the justice secretary misspeak when he claimed Lord Faulks’ review of JR supported the government’s case for reform?