Features – Page 11
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Taken to the brink
As we await the Ministry of Justice’s annual report, Melanie Newman canvasses practitioners about how the department is performing.
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Data page – August 2020
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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Uneasy Street
Lockdown has laid bare the vulnerabilities of our under-resourced legal ecosystem. Housing law is among the most exposed areas.
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Rates of inflection
The pandemic has forced law firms to recognise that digital transformation is key to future success, but which Covid-driven changes will become part of business as usual?
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A new world of work
As lockdown restrictions ease, the general consensus is that the government’s furlough scheme has only delayed inevitable redundancies. But many working in legal recruitment remain cautiously optimistic, reports Maria Shahid
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Law Society spotlight: Risk and compliance
How remote working has complicated your regulatory duties – and how the Law Society can help.
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Shock to the system
Proposals for an ‘online court’ were already behind schedule when 90% of hearings switched overnight to remote proceedings. As the coronavirus recovery plan kicks in, Marialuisa Taddia finds out how far the reform programme has come.
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In the giving vein
It is hard to imagine the charitable sector without lawyers, yet the interaction between the two has not always been harmonious.
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Transforming firm culture
Guardians programme helps organisations go further in commitments to creating a safe and secure working environment.
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Alternative legal services provider
Excited by the business of law rather than black letter law? Then go and work for an ASLP. Katharine Freeland reports.
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Military mettle
‘Warfare no longer looks like a tank driving over a battlefield,’ says the head of Army Legal Services. These days lawyers are on the frontline – in every sense.
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Law Society spotlight: June’s Council meeting
Because of the pandemic this was Council’s first full meeting conducted remotely.
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Data page – July 2020
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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The great leap forward
As lockdown eases, most law firms acknowledge that technology can transform their businesses. But is there a danger that cash constraints will stall progress?
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Litigation Pandemic?
Coronavirus is already creating a raft of contractual and insurance disputes, with far-reaching consequences for the economy.
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Learning the lessons of lockdown
A partner and associate at Dentons describe their lockdown experience.
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Family fortunes
A huge backlog of family cases, increased by lockdown, is just one of many challenges facing family lawyers, writes Katharine Freeland
