Features – Page 10
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FeatureTrials and tribulation
Crown courts are in crisis, reports Catherine Baksi. The backlog continues to climb, the estate is crumbling and there aren’t enough lawyers. So what’s the plan?
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FeatureHard selling
Resolving trade disputes efficiently and equitably is key to global peace and prosperity. Joanna Goodman reviews the growing challenges parties face in maintaining trade relations as globalism wanes.
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FeatureAnatomising a disaster
Sir Brian Langstaff delivered his final report on the infected blood scandal last month. Fiona Scolding KC, who represented over 300 victims, examines how the state failed them so badly – and the role played by lawyers and the legal system.
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FeatureSweating the small stuff
Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of the economy. Katharine Freeland looks at the snowballing challenges facing legal advisers who are helping these businesses to scale up or sell up.
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FeatureData page – June 2024
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureSeeing and believing
Regulations around the ethical and environmental credentials of businesses are tightening, leading companies of all sizes to rely more heavily on their lawyers. In the first of two features on ESG reporting, Katharine Freeland looks at the position of clients.
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FeatureBreaking tradition: Irwin Mitchell leads industry shift with Lexis+ AI
(Sponsored content.) Tahsin Arabi explores the transforming legal landscape thanks to the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence.
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FeatureGrowing your own
The advent of the SQE has made it easier to train within an in-house legal department. Will more aspiring solicitors eschew the private practice route to qualification? Catherine Baksi reports.
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FeatureBridging the digital funding gap
Julie Bishop and Alex Charles of the Law Centres Network worry that a shortage of cash is hindering access to justice.
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FeatureLegal Neurodiversity Network: nurturing talent
Optimising retention and career progression for neurodivergent individuals in the legal profession.
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FeatureKeeping house
Solicitors and law firms continue to quit conveyancing. So what reforms of the home buying and selling process would persuade them to stay?
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FeatureData page – May 2024
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureCan we fix it?
Respected, business-friendly and innovative, the Technology and Construction Court is a trailblazer. But could it become a victim of its own success? Joanna Goodman reports.
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FeatureAssange saga approaches its denouement
Today, Julian Assange may hear whether his extradition is finally going ahead.
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FeatureOpening the door
For 20 years the Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme has helped aspiring solicitors from disadvantaged backgrounds become solicitors. Catherine Baksi discovers that it has never been more needed.
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FeatureHow to: use LinkedIn
With its humble brags and ‘personal journeys’, LinkedIn is the professional networking and social media platform everyone loves to hate. Yet, as Eduardo Reyes hears, it’s too big to ignore. Lawyers may as well get it right as they carry on posting.
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FeatureSeven in ten wills ignore the issue of digital legacy
How many of us have planned a good digital legacy? Solicitors and financial advisers can help change that. (Advertising feature.)