Features – Page 52
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Technology: netminder is a good save
AI goalie keeps out email howlers, while a chatbot takes the strain off junior clerks.
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Litigation – 2017 in review
BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland [2017] UKSC 21, a solicitors’ negligence claim, was the Supreme Court’s first opportunity to review the 20-year-old House of Lords SAAMCO principle, which underpins the calculation of loss in professional negligence claims. The court reaffirmed the SAAMCO judgment, referred to by Lord Sumption as ‘one of ...
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Sexual harassment: You too?
Sexual harassment in the legal profession is ‘rife’ – with the City of London providing some of the worst examples, Eduardo Reyes hears
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Private equity: Many happy returns?
Ten years after the financial crisis erupted, private equity has rediscovered some of its old swagger. Legal advisers have not been slow to capitalise, reports Marialuisa Taddia
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Canada: Trading places
Buffeted by foreign incomers and embroiled in a trade stand-off with the US, Canadian law firms are seeking to broaden their horizons.
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Data page – October 2017
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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Technology: Riding the hype-cycle
Tech start-ups have peaked, we are told – not so in the law.
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Society spotlight: Planning for an uncertain market
October’s meeting of the Law Society Council
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EU Financial Regulation: Money troubles
Since the 2008 crash, restoring stability to Europe’s financial services industry has taken precedence over creating a single market. That has meant a fee bonanza for compliance advisers.
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Victim support: Ahmed Aydeed
The Junior Lawyer of the Year 2017 is proud to serve ‘demonised’ asylum-seekers who have lost everything.
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Avocado and toast on the menu
The buzz around new combinations of familiar products can drive revenue and help law firms and clients work smarter.
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Out of the loop
Access to justice has become inversely proportional to the need for representation. How realistic is it to hope for meaningful reform?
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Electric reams
Litigators remain reluctant to move away from standard disclosure, despite Jackson LJ’s best efforts. Could technology be a panacea in the battle to control costs?
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How to: Make the most of PR
Why are some firms always popping up in the media while others struggle to get coverage? And how should you handle a crisis?
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Intellectual property: A stress on technical advantages
The US Federal Circuit’s latest struggles with the Alice decision could have a positive impact for UK patent litigators
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Society spotlight: How you can stay on trend
Joining the Law Society Insights community will help ensure your voice is heard
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Mental health: we must do more
On the week of the 25th Annual Mental Health Day, the legal profession as a whole needs to do more to tackle the increasing pressures inherent in the job.
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How to: Close a law firm
Last year 367 firms shut up shop – what’s the best way to close? Eduardo Reyes reports
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Azerbaijan: Baku to the future
Azerbaijan is attempting to diversify and attract foreign investors amid a financial crisis. Lawyers in the former Soviet republic are already exploiting new advisory opportunities, reports Marialuisa Taddia
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Blue collar: Gareth Farrelly
His goal kept Everton in the premier league but it was a legal run-in with FIFA that led Gareth Farrelly to his new career in law.