All Features articles – Page 28
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ProfileAnn Crighton: A higher calling
Former Crown advocate says CPS descended into ‘madness’ when lawyers were sidelined. So this formidable self-starter carved out a new career, hears Jonathan Rayner
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FeatureGood citations
Do policymakers and judges listen to legal academics when formulating law and policy? That depends.
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FeatureWorld service
In its 96th year, the International Court of Arbitration is striving to maintain an edge over rival forums.
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FeatureLaw Society business review
This month’s Law Society spotlight looks back on 2017 as a whole.
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FeatureHow to: Work with your PA
The traditional role of legal PA is disappearing fast as more qualified and commercially minded people get involved in frontline work. Maria Shahid reports.
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FeatureSystem overload
A ‘shorter, sharper, clearer’ Handbook sounds ideal, hears Marialuisa Taddia. But after a decade of tinkering with practising rules, perhaps it’s time for the SRA to take stock.
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FeatureHow to: Set free your robo-lawyer
A new generation of tech startups will enable law firms of all sizes and in-house teams to reap the benefits of artificial intelligence.
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FeatureFamily trials and tribulations
Contentious probate is booming but need not lead to courtroom drama.
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FeatureSpecial education needs: Learning to fight
Cash-strapped councils are cutting corners for children with special educational needs, reports Grania Langdon-Down. Do their policies trump the law?
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FeatureEducation: Ready for anything?
Two-year degrees, paying more to do Law, learning to code – aspiring lawyers have more to think about than the ‘super-exam’.
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ProfileClass warrior: Interview with David Greene
Group action pioneer and Gazette Legal Personality of the Year David Greene has spent his career battling the establishment, hears.
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FeatureAccountants: Counter strike
Accountancy’s billion-dollar quartet and smaller networks are intent on grabbing a bigger slice of legal services. How much of a threat do they pose? Lawrie Holmes reports
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FeaturePII SPECIAL: Storm watching
Market for indemnity cover remains benign, but a slew of natural disasters has cast a cloud over future premium rates. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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FeatureBanking disputes: time for a tribunal
An expanded ombudsman scheme is welcome, but we need a tribunal to overhaul the culture of our banking industry and remedy a structural access to justice deficit
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FeatureBrought to account
Managers with the personal touch of Captain Mainwaring are a vanished breed. So what should law firms expect of their banks?
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FeatureRound the houses
Digitisation, liability for identity fraud and cybercrime are among urgent challenges facing residential conveyancers. Grania Langdon -Down reports
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FeatureAmerican revolution
Leading City firms are feeling the heat as London’s US contingent vacuums up top talent and climbs the deal rankings. Marialuisa Taddia reports
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FeatureIn with the new
December’s Council meeting, at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, had a packed agenda which looked back over 2017 and forward to implementing changes already under way.
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FeatureTechnology: netminder is a good save
AI goalie keeps out email howlers, while a chatbot takes the strain off junior clerks.
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FeatureTrade treaties: pact agenda
UK haggling over a post-Brexit trade deal has cast a spotlight on the proliferation of treaties subject to ever more complex laws and regulations. Marialuisa Taddia reports