All Features articles – Page 6

  • Covid ward
    Feature

    Novel claims and respecting the boundaries

    11 November 2022

    Bond Solon expert witness conference.

  • A father juggles childcare with home working
    Feature

    The quiet desperation of young fathers at work

    4 November 2022

    In the legal profession, as in other sectors, there has been an increase in levels of attrition as employees reconfigure their responsibilities and prioritise extra-organisational aspects of life over work. Dr Martyn Bradley But unlike sectors in which older employees are deciding to retire early, the ‘great ...

  • London City
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    Uneasy lies the crown

    4 November 2022

    London remains a premier destination for litigation despite ongoing geopolitical turmoil, but international competition leaves no room for complacency. Joanna Goodman reports.

  • Margarita Sivakova, co-founder and CEO of Ukrainian legal tech startup Legal Nodes, at Legal Geek
    Feature

    Pitch battles

    28 October 2022

    Legal Geek’s flagship conference is back at its brash and bullish best, but raising new money is becoming tougher for startups

  • Housing estate
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    Not in my backyard

    21 October 2022

    Reform of planning law is a sensitive area – especially for Conservative voters – but it is also essential to the government’s growth ambitions. Rachel Rothwell reports on a suite of looming reforms.

  • Law Society illustration
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    Law Society spotlight: CQS arrives on a new platform

    21 October 2022

    The Conveyancing Quality Scheme quickly became a vital tool in combating fraud and money laundering. Next month the quality mark is going properly digital, reports Jonathan Rayner.

  • Face mask
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    When the mask slips

    14 October 2022

    Pandemic lockdowns turbocharged open conversations about mental health in the legal profession. But how much has really changed? Katharine Freeland reports.

  • Black Power demonstration in west London, 1970
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    On the march

    7 October 2022

    A trawl of the Gazette’s archives to mark Black History Month yields some surprises for Eduardo Reyes

  • Screenshot 2022-10-07 at 15.18.41
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    I changed my name to fit in

    7 October 2022

    Three lawyers from the Law Society’s Ethnic Minority Lawyers Division committee share their experience of changing their given name, and their feelings about doing so.

  • Office mentor
    Feature

    Good managers mean better mental health

    7 October 2022

    World Mental Health Day.

  • EU UK flags
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    Written in the stars

    2022-10-03T00:01:00Z

    The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill envisages ripping up the EU lawbook, sparking concerns about the rule of law and parliamentary scrutiny. Eduardo Reyes reports.

  • Press hat
    Feature

    Minority reports

    2022-10-03T00:01:00Z

    Court reporters may be an endangered species but the vital service they provide in terms of public education and open justice must be protected.

  • Mediation illustration
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    Separate ways

    23 September 2022

    Can mediation clear the family court's lengthy backlog?

  • The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv, Israel
    Feature

    Israel reaches for new tech horizons

    23 September 2022

    With ‘start-up’ nation Israel at the forefront of game-changing technology, a roundtable discussion considers the crossovers of legal tech.

  • House-rocket
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    Bringing the house down

    2022-09-20T00:01:00Z

    A sustained boom in property transactions generated huge volume but has done little to resolve conveyancing’s systemic problems. 

  • Kaplan-test-centre
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    Exam graded

    12 September 2022

    Twelve months on from its formal implementation, the jury remains out on whether the Solicitors Qualifying Exam will achieve its noble aims. 

  • Umbrella
    Feature

    PII: a change in the weather

    2 September 2022

    Long Read: Premiums are still going up, but the professional indemnity insurance market is softening at last.

  • Raab prison
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    Playing politics

    5 August 2022

    Prison lawyers are sceptical about the latest reforms of prisons and probation, reports Rachel Rothwell. At Westminster debate on penal policy long ago degenerated into a competition over who can shout the loudest about crime.

  • Law Society illustration
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    Council’s junior lawyers

    5 August 2022

    Lizzy Lim and Baljinder Atwal, two of four junior lawyer members of the Law Society Council, talk to Eduardo Reyes about their background, experiences and role representing their peers.

  • Tech people
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    Computer says yes

    29 July 2022

    What’s it like to advise the world’s top tech entrepreneurs? Joanna Goodman finds out.