All Features articles – Page 30
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ProfileInterview: Gerald Shamash
Gerald Shamash has represented errant members of parliament, hacking victims, and butchers’ insurers over limbs lost to sharp professional blades. Eduardo Reyes met him
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FeatureOut of harm’s way
High-profile cases such as Sir Cliff Richard’s battle with the BBC are transforming media law. Now social media companies as well as traditional publishers are being held to account for what they disseminate
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FeatureReaching a tipping point?
Lawtech is approaching a crossroads in terms of technology development, investment and adoption. The start-up dynamic is maturing as a new generation of legal businesses emerges.
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FeatureCommercial realities
Can London cling on to its pre-eminence in high-value dispute resolution? Solicitors are cautiously optimistic.
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FeatureLabour pains
A clutch of ‘gig economy’ cases and the abolition of tribunal fees are keeping employment lawyers busier than ever. But the civil justice system is struggling to cope.
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FeaturePII update: underwriting on the wall?
As Lloyd’s of London reviews its operations, the indemnity insurance market appears to be hardening for the first time in years. But well-managed firms that act swiftly should encounter few problems.
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FeatureBroken family
Sir Andrew McFarlane, who succeeded Sir James Munby last week, is demonstrating plenty of empathy. But practitioners filled with trepidation about the future also detect steel in his leadership.
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FeatureInterrogating algorithms
How will tighter data protection regulations affect development of legal services and AI‑powered analysis tools? Law firms and counsel have to walk the talk on compliance.
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FeatureStrength in numbers
Crowdfunding is a rapidly expanding method of sourcing legal challenges. But is the cash wasted on claims that have no merit and are donors unwittingly exposing themselves to financial risk?
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FeatureAn ‘appalling vista’
A newly established group of parliamentarians aims to counter widespread indifference to allegedly wrongful convictions. Lawyers are being urged to support them.
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FeaturePole positions
Inward investment, booming capital markets and major infrastructure projects are fuelling competition among law firms for Polish instructions.
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FeatureThe science behind consumer bias
Law Society research on the most useful information solicitors can give consumers threw up some interesting results.
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FeatureGDPR: down to the wire
Law Society event hears there is no tick-box route to compliance with the new data protection regime – and 25 May will be the start, not the end of the process.
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FeatureOn the money
With private wealth under cross-border scrutiny, the nervous rich are reaching for lawyers who must also put their own houses in order.
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FeatureSpace odyssey
Despite Brexit the commercial property market is holding up well. But new regulations could deter investors.
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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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FeatureLaw Society business review
This month’s Law Society spotlight looks back on 2017 as a whole.
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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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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.