Features – Page 40

  • Women protest
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    Standing on the shoulders of giants

    14 October 2019

    Women’s Legal Landmarks project.

  • Brexit sign
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    Final countdown?

    14 October 2019

    The date, terms and even certainty of the UK’s departure from the EU are all in doubt, but law firms can still do more to plan and prepare. Melanie Newman reports

  • Simon Davis
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    Leaving the EU: what you need to do now

    14 October 2019

    Last-minute advice from the Law Society. 

  • Women in Law-69
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    Gallery: Law Gazette Women in Law reception

    2019-10-10T10:57:00Z

    Last night the Law Gazette hosted a reception to mark 100 years since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, and the launch of the Gazette’s Women in the Law page.

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    Leveraging social media and going it alone

    7 October 2019

    Small Firms Division annual conference.

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    Impostor syndrome – how to conquer your fears

    7 October 2019

    Introducing a new regular column on wellbeing in the legal profession.

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    Muddying the waters

    7 October 2019

    Burford Capital’s high-profile run-in with a short-seller has put litigation funders – and their suitability for listing – in the spotlight. Rachel Rothwell reports

  • DMZ ribbons
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    Dangerous territory

    7 October 2019

    Korea’s festering divide serves as a reminder of the intensifying worldwide struggle to uphold the rule of law and judicial independence. Michael Cross takes the pulse of the global profession at the International Bar Association’s annual conference in Seoul

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    Bull run tumbles

    30 September 2019

    Market metrics pored over by commercial property lawyers point to lean times for the sector in the UK. How is the profession responding? Marialuisa Taddia reports

  • Legal access
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    Eyes on the prize

    23 September 2019

    As consolidation enriches the first wave of legal tech entrepreneurs, competitions are springing up to pump-prime the next generation. Can they help sustain choice? 

  • ASEAN
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    Asia Specific

    23 September 2019

    A lack of central bureaucracy and divergent laws make the Association of Southeast Asian Nations a difficult market to crack, but for law firms that understand the region the potential is huge. Marialuisa Taddia reports.

  • 50 pound bank notes money
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    Data page – September 2019

    2019-09-20T12:34:00Z

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

  • Business woman sabbatical cartoon
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    Five-step plan for taking a sabbatical

    16 September 2019

    For lawyers, ‘taking a sabbatical’ can mean anything from six weeks out to settle young children into school, to six months spent solo, walking ancient pilgrim routes from Canterbury to Rome.

  • Bensouda
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    Wars of the world

    16 September 2019

    The International Criminal Court marked its 21st anniversary with two landmark cases. But concerns persist that the court is not living up to its potential, reports Grania Langdon-Down.

  • Helena Normanton
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    Forgotten activists for law reform

    9 September 2019

    Early women barristers such as Helena Normanton were strong advocates for the legal protection of married women.

  • Lady-Hale
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    All things equal

    9 September 2019

    Is the law just the law, or are there bold ways a court can deliver judgments in support of equality? Eduardo Reyes revisits 2010’s feminist judgments project to find out what happened next

  • Choppy waters
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    Choppy waters

    2 September 2019

    After several years of calm, the professional indemnity insurance market is suddenly looking turbulent. Melanie Newman reports

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    How to go public

    2 September 2019

    DWF’s pioneering listing on the London Stock Exchange raised £95m and transformed the firm into a global player. Rachel Rothwell goes behind the scenes to discover how the firm reinvented itself

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    Insight: Making crime - and civil law - pay

    2 September 2019

    Tikit is a leading provider of innovative and specialist technology to the Legal and Professional services sector.

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    When witness statements hit language barriers

    2 September 2019

    View from the District Bench.