All Features articles – Page 21
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FeaturePress SEND
The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal is a thorn in the side of local councils. Campaigners and disability charities are determined to keep it that way.
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FeatureWidening the net
Many legal employers are working hard to improve the profession’s record in diversity and inclusion. But as Maria Shahid discovers at a virtual conference, much more needs to be done to overhaul recruitment processes and expand the talent pool.
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FeatureRiding the swell
Tech is enabling law firms to stay afloat in the pandemic, but ultimately we will all need to swim out of our Covid-19 caves and break out of survival mode.
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FeatureHome improvements?
Rishi Sunak threw money at a moribund housing market, sparking a mini-boom as lockdown lifted. Residential property lawyers sighed with relief – but will the recovery endure?
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FeatureA new ‘chapter’ for insolvency law
The coronavirus pandemic ushered in far-reaching changes to insolvency law – creating new winners and losers.
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FeatureLockdown: Protect and survive
When Covid-19 is brought under control, what will the business of law have learned about ways of working and the profession’s resilience? Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion.
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FeatureRunning for cover
Law firms must brace themselves for big increases in indemnity premiums. Eduardo Reyes takes the pulse of a rapidly hardening market.
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FeatureA woman ahead of her time
Feminist pioneer Gladys Mary Chatterjee paved the way for 'outsiders'.
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FeatureTears in the fabric
Expensive and business-critical, internal investigations will only increase in the aftermath of lockdown, reports Marialuisa Taddia.
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Feature‘Joint V’ Roundtable: Famous Five
There is no rule book on how law societies should deal with a pandemic. So when members looked to the profession’s local leaders for support, how did they respond?
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FeatureHow Beatrice beat the protectionists
Solicitor pioneer who transferred from the bar in the face of protectionism.
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FeatureLabour pains
New employment tribunals president Barry Clarke wants the system’s reputation to emerge from the crisis enhanced. It’s a tough ask, hears Melanie Newman.
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FeatureHow to: Retire
Retirement can herald the happiest days of a lawyer’s life – or the start of a new career. Jonathan Rayner talks to three solicitors about how they have made the most of their golden years.
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FeatureTaken to the brink
As we await the Ministry of Justice’s annual report, Melanie Newman canvasses practitioners about how the department is performing.
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FeatureUneasy Street
Lockdown has laid bare the vulnerabilities of our under-resourced legal ecosystem. Housing law is among the most exposed areas.
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FeatureRates of inflection
The pandemic has forced law firms to recognise that digital transformation is key to future success, but which Covid-driven changes will become part of business as usual?
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FeatureShock to the system
Proposals for an ‘online court’ were already behind schedule when 90% of hearings switched overnight to remote proceedings. As the coronavirus recovery plan kicks in, Marialuisa Taddia finds out how far the reform programme has come.
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FeatureA new world of work
As lockdown restrictions ease, the general consensus is that the government’s furlough scheme has only delayed inevitable redundancies. But many working in legal recruitment remain cautiously optimistic, reports Maria Shahid