Features – Page 5
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FeatureFeeling the heat
A housing market that ground to a complete halt last year is suddenly white hot, as pent-up demand meets a controversial tax holiday.
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Taking the rap: crime
In a dysfunctional and cash-strapped criminal justice system, are sentencing discounts for a guilty plea leading to miscarriages of justice?
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Conveyancing risks and indemnity insurance
The past 10 months have seen a significant increase in the volume of conveyancing transactions. What does that mean for your PII?
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Postcard from Abroad: Tony Grundy, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Singapore) LLP
We return to Singapore as Tony Grundy, counsel, explores what it’s like to work there.
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A quieter mind: Nature and mental health
Nature is in the National Parks in abundance, but it’s also round the corner.
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Olive Clapham – ‘first woman barrister’
On 25 May 1921, The Times published the bar final examination results. For the first time, the list of successful candidates included a woman: Olive Catherine Clapham. The newspaper marked this milestone with a short article highlighting her achievement, headlined ‘The First Woman Barrister’. Dr Caroline Derry ...
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Engagement or subversion?
Pandemic pragmatism has brought technological innovation to the forefront of legal services, but a critical factor is being overlooked – the needs of the user
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Remote control
Civil justice practitioners report numerous benefits from a move to remote proceedings. Criminal law was always going to be more problematic.
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Postcard from Abroad: Anna Weiss, Kennedys Miami
Examining how English law is being used in different jurisdictions.
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The Old trouble
A tumultuous 12 months has ensured lawyers working in pensions disputes are busier than ever.
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Postcard from abroad: Alexandra Tribe and Sonny Patel, Expatriate Law
Next in our series examining how English law is being used in different jurisdictions, we hear from Dubai and Singapore.
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Free enterprise
‘Cumbersome and clunky’ or the ‘envy of the world’? Post-Brexit, reform of the UK’s antitrust regime could encompass the globally esteemed Competition Appeal Tribunal.
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How to: Win an award
All lawyers tell prospective clients and job candidates that they, their team and the firm are the best – so an award helps prove it. Maria Shahid talks to the people who know how to go about winning one.
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Postcard from Abroad: Daniel H Erskine, Project Execution Services
Our series moves across the pond to the US, as we hear from Daniel H Erskine, who works at Project Execution Services LLC and as a sole solicitor and attorney in Connecticut and New York.
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Candidates for change
The lasting effect of the pandemic on law firm hiring policies – and a candidate’s options – looks set to be profound, writes Katharine Freeland
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Believe it or not
Several legal tech stories published on 1 April seemed especially imaginative.
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Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal)
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Data page – April 2021
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
