Features – Page 15

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    Decisions

    29 April 2022

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

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    If you were there

    29 April 2022

    As the cost-of-living crisis worsens, can lawyers and the legal system do anything to ensure a just outcome for society’s most disadvantaged people? Many are helped, Eduardo Reyes finds, yet the scale of the problem is daunting.

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    How and why we reduced our office footprint

    2022-04-28T12:44:00Z

    A new world of work.

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    Data page – April 2022

    2022-04-22T09:37:00Z

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

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    Good with money

    22 April 2022

    In a volatile world, private client lawyers are working harder than ever to provide stability and legal certainty for clients whose priorities have changed.

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    Getting with the program

    22 April 2022

    Law firm culture.

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    Decisions and interventions

    22 April 2022

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

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    Signing up for survival

    8 April 2022

    Green clauses are not new, Marialuisa Taddia hears, but their adoption by contracting parties is now urgently needed to save the planet. Can the lawyers prevail?

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    Automation for the people

    8 April 2022

    Consumer-facing apps and portals can help address the unmet need for affordable legal services – and aid Ukrainian refugees. But the vast majority are commercial initiatives and in the end someone has to pay.

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    Seizing the data opportunity - The Legal Data Vision

    1 April 2022

    Jenifer Swallow, Director of LawtechUK, discusses a shared aim for the legal sector to prioritise the responsible use of and access to legal data to drive innovation, uphold trust and deliver outcomes that benefit society. (Sponsored content.)

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    Decisions

    1 April 2022

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

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    Urban outfitters

    1 April 2022

    Pandemic lockdowns wrought changes to our town and city centres that appear permanent. Lawyers have a critical role in helping to reconfigure our urban landscape, reports Melanie Newman

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    Finding the story

    25 March 2022 Occasional Contributor

    Tracy Drynan answers questions on the most effective way to uncover the secrets hidden in a corporate’s data. (Sponsored content.)

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    Flexing the abs

    25 March 2022

    Sir David Clementi’s vision of a liberalised legal services market really began to take shape a decade ago this week with the creation of the first SRA-licensed alternative business structures. So how much has changed? Joanna Goodman reports

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    Decisions

    25 March 2022

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

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    Don’t demonise dedication

    25 March 2022

    World of work.

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    The Covid dividend

    18 March 2022

    City and commercial practices have traded far ahead of expectations in the two years since Covid hit. How did they do it – and can the sector’s stellar performance be sustained? Joanna Goodman reports.

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    Spoilt for choice

    18 March 2022

    The advent of the legal tech directory has simplified the purchase of products in areas such as contract analysis. And businesses can also check that the environmental, social and corporate governance credentials of law firms match their own.

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    Decisions

    18 March 2022

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

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    International Women’s Day: A personal perspective

    2022-03-11T15:34:00Z

    It is amazing how empowering it is to see someone like yourself working in the career you want, writes Vanessa Friend.