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Features
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FeatureBuilding better
Economic and ecological challenges have combined to focus attention on the perceived shortcomings of 70-year-old landlord and tenant legislation. Maria Shahid reports on how this is affecting the commercial property market and the litigators who work in it.
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FeatureDouble take
Feelings run high on the multiple-choice ‘super-exam’ SQE1. Part two has had less scrutiny. Joanna Goodman takes a closer look.
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FeatureMy London club: reflections on the Garrick row
It matters how accessible elite institutions are.
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FeatureBasis period reform: What do I need to know?
What the changes mean for those working in Limited Liability Partnership firms.
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FeatureUnfinished business?
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act transformed the criminal justice process. As it turns 40, Catherine Baksi canvasses opinion on whether the legislation is showing its age.
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FeatureData page – March 2024
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureA matter of trust
In the second of two features on AI adoption, Joanna Goodman looks at the evolution of the technology’s regulation, as the legal sector learns how and when to trust it.
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FeatureImproving access to justice through explainable AI research and innovation
Experts from the University of Liverpool and Fletchers Group discuss driving forward significant benefits for firms and clients alike. (Sponsored content.)
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FeatureHow to extract full value from your legal tech
Technology has a big role to play in unlocking efficiencies for law firms, and there are any number of options on the market. Sponsored content.
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FeatureOccupational hazards
Employment lawyers are braced for the reintroduction of fees at a time when tribunals continue to struggle with the volume of claims. Fresh legislative upheaval will also have a profound effect on how they work, writes Catherine Baksi.
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FeatureLook back in anger
It is 50 years since the pub bombings which led to the convictions of the Birmingham Six. Eduardo Reyes revisits episodes that shame the police, lawyers and judges with Chris Mullin, whose campaign exposed a notorious miscarriage of justice.
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FeatureThe longest journey
Far more women than men are entering the legal profession – but many struggle to move up its ranks. Structural reform is needed, hears Maria Shahid.
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FeatureThe shape of money
In the second of two articles on law firm profitability, Joanna Goodman examines the impact on the bottom line of ownership and structure.
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FeatureBreaking America
A legal tech mission to North America included UK start-ups keen to break into the priority markets of Canada and the US.
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FeatureOpening up on disability
Lawyers take pride in protecting the rights of disabled clients, but the profession’s own record on access is mixed. Are attempts to change that paying off? In the first of two features investigating disability and legal careers, Katharine Freeland reports on the position of trainees and junior lawyers.
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FeatureDiversity in the Royal Navy and the legal profession
Counsel Fiona Cain meets with Commander Ally Pollard, Royal Navy, to discuss their experiences of diversity in the workplace.
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FeatureWill LSB pay over the Hill?
Job advertisement for new Legal Services Board chief executive has now been published.