Features – Page 6
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FeatureRival lobbies clash on SEND rights
Months of meetings and reports on SEN and disabilities have done little to reassure affected families that children’s rights will not be diluted.
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FeatureLocal heroes
The pressures on local government lawyers are unprecedented. Their response has been to ramp up their building networks and skill sets, and support reorganisation.
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FeatureTaking the moral high ground
Law firm Fletchers Group is seeking to enhance the image of the much-maligned claimant PI sector. The firm highlights the socio-economic impact of its work, saving the government millions while securing access to justice.
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FeatureData page – September 2025
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureBarriers to collaboration
(Sponsored content.) Why solicitors may hesitate to work with financial planners (and why you might want to reconsider).
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FeatureDisputes and the EU: Patching it up
Lawyers have profited from assisting clients who need Brexit ‘workarounds’, especially when it comes to disputes. But, as Katharine Freeland reports, the professional inconvenience for lawyers is taking its toll.
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FeatureNew leadership and renewed focus for legal tech
(Sponsored content.) Colin Bohanna reflects on why he has joined Dye & Durham UK, what’s changing and how legal professionals can benefit from a more connected, customer-first approach to technology.
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FeatureLife of PII
Negligence claims are rising, but most firms are currently enjoying favourable indemnity premiums in what is a notoriously volatile insurance market. Maria Shahid finds out why – and how long such benign conditions are expected to last.
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FeatureData page – August 2025
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureOne Bar, bar none?
Barristers are busier than ever, reports Catherine Baksi. But with huge disparities in the rewards on offer and practitioners reporting increasingly divergent experiences, the profession is polarising.
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FeatureFinding the middle way
Although promoting alternative dispute resolution is not a new development in family court hearings, it was given added impetus in April last year.
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FeatureData page – July 2025
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeatureGenAI: Ethical and practical concerns on using generative AI for legal work
(Sponsored content.) Legal professionals face the important task of understanding how generative artificial intelligence can be seamlessly — and ethically — incorporated into daily operations.
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FeatureThin blue line
Duty solicitors are a staple of every modern detective drama. But with numbers plummeting, their attendance is becoming less dependable in real‑life police stations. Catherine Baksi reports.
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FeatureAgentic AI: team player
Legal AI has progressed to an essential productivity tool that can take on specific roles within a legal team – should human lawyers be worried?