Features – Page 13

  • Jonathan-Davies
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    'Jagged edge of devolution'

    8 July 2022

    The Law Society’s Wales Committee has become the National Board for Wales – another signifier of the accelerating divergence of the nation’s legal services sector.

  • Working from home
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    Working modular – are flexible building blocks key to unlocking work-life balance?

    2022-07-05T13:58:00Z

    Law firms are settling into new working routines with mixed success.

  • Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
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    Decisions and interventions

    1 July 2022

    Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).

  • Age illustration
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    Age-old problems

    1 July 2022

    The ethics surrounding capacity, autonomy, legacy, values and digital assets were front of mind at the annual conference of the Law Society’s Private Client Section.

  • Violet Markham
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    The other 1919 act

    1 July 2022

    While the Sex Discrimination (Removal) Act 1919 has garnered the most attention in recent years, it was the Industrial Courts Act 1919 at the cutting edge of judicial diversity.

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    Women solicitors association is 30

    2022-06-30T12:49:00Z

    Association of Women Solicitors, London is an independent organisation providing a voice for women lawyers in all walks of legal life.

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    Taking both sides

    24 June 2022

    The government has not ruled out expanding the Public Defender Service in response to bar strike action. But with a dearth of information about the organisation’s performance, it is difficult to know what sort of impact an enlarged PDS could have, reports Catherine Baksi.

  • ESG
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    Dig the new breed of law firm

    24 June 2022

    Tech innovation is increasingly being driven by moral and even political considerations as ESG grows in importance.

  • Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal sign
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    Decisions

    24 June 2022

    Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).

  • Rachel and Linda black dress top corridor
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    Women in leadership: building better

    17 June 2022

    Rachel Adamson and Linda Kirk, co-founders and directors at Adkirk Law, on building a culture that invests in development.

  • Female LS presidents
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    Gender gap

    17 June 2022

    Women now outnumber men in the legal profession – but not in the top jobs. Part of the problem is that men continue to define what success looks like, hears Marialuisa Taddia.

  • Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal courtroom
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    Decisions

    17 June 2022

    Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).

  • Data protection
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    Data page – June 2022

    2022-06-16T16:50:00Z

    The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.

  • ARAG/Ross James
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    Emergency room

    10 June 2022

    Medical negligence cases benefited from pragmatic collaboration by all involved during the pandemic. Politicians intent on reforming the handling of disputes which arise from clinical failings should take note. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable

  • Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal sign
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    Decisions

    10 June 2022

    Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).

  • Office workers at their desks
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    Support staff saved us – how to reward them?

    10 June 2022

    Practice management.

  • Cost of living protest
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    Falling behind

    27 May 2022

    In our second feature on poverty and the law, Marialuisa Taddia reports on the frontline solicitors helping the vulnerable navigate a bewildering and woefully inadequate benefits system.

  • Jonathanrayner
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    A meeting of minds

    27 May 2022

    Law Management Section conference.

  • Laura-Simpson
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    Our legal sector needs some TLC

    20 May 2022

    It has been a busy three months since leaving my role at Latham & Watkins to set up my coaching business.

  • SDT sign
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    Decisions

    20 May 2022

    Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).