Features – Page 18
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FeaturePoverty payback
Solicitors want to help vulnerable people get the advice they need to challenge injustice, reports Catherine Baksi. But worsening poverty is bringing the malign legacy of the ten-year-old LASPO legislation into ever sharper relief.
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FeatureWhy we need a National Legal Service
The poor need legal aid and assistance in civil cases. What are we going to do about it?
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FeatureTo boldly go on generative AI?
Generative AI such as OpenAI’s GPT series offers opportunities for law firms to streamline data extraction and administrative tasks. But the legal sector also needs to be wary of the pitfalls of entrusting data to third-party technology
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FeatureRisky business
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine thrust sanctions compliance up the agenda of law firms of all sizes. Katharine Freeland reports.
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FeatureFuture of professional ethics
Recent world events and societal developments have led to changes in the way professional ethics are viewed.
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FeatureCentre stage
Lawmakers play political football with planning law. There is a danger that the results in our town and city centres will increasingly reflect this brinkmanship, writes Maria Shahid.
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FeatureWhat money can't buy: accelerating growth in the Paris legal market
International firms are increasingly looking to set up shop in France's capital.
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FeatureData page – March 2023
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal)
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FeatureDouble trouble
While the retained EU law bill threatens more than 82 pieces of legislation, and the UK has excluded itself from Europe’s new Unified Patent Court, IP lawyers in the UK are busier than ever and remain upbeat. Joanna Goodman reports.
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FeatureUK patent waits are amongst the longest in the world
Nigel Holmes, Director of Tax at innovation funding specialist Catax (a Ryan company), explains the benefits of the Patent Box tax relief scheme. (Sponsored content.)
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FeatureDecisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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FeatureRape crisis
Stung by the accusation that rape has been ‘decriminalised’, the CPS is striving to expedite cases in the face of acute resource constraints.