Features – Page 10
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FeatureDuggan, inquests and transparency
The inquest into the shooting of Mark Duggan would have benefited from greater transparency.
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Practice advice – lines of enquiry
The Law Society’s Practice Advice Service answers tens of thousands of questions each year. No two calls are the same.
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Local government: problem shared
Unprecedented spending cuts have placed the onus on local government lawyers to ensure they have a viable future.
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Complaints clinic: meeting clients’ needs
Make reasonable adjustments and you won’t go far wrong.
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How To: manage documents
Electronic storage and document management brings huge benefits for law firms, but it also carries significant risks.
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Qatar: Gulf stream
With its extensive natural resources and wealth, Qatar has become a magnet for international law firms. But can the tiny Arab state deliver a pipeline of profitable business in the long-term?
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Malaysia: open for business?
Malaysia is liberalising its legal market, but foreign firms are still not sure what to expect.
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Medical negligence lawyers face gloomy prognosis
Changes to civil litigation funding and costs are beginning to bite in the clinical negligence sector.
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Autism and the criminal justice system
It is essential that improvements are made to identify early on those in the criminal justice system who have ASD so that they can be provided with the appropriate professional support.
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Expert witnesses: pain and gain
The Gazette looks at the greatly altered landscape in which expert witnesses are now expected to operate.
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How To: handle OFR in-house
In-house lawyers seeking to comply with outcomes-focused regulation are dealing with a regime that is ‘dynamic’ and constantly evolving.
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How To: run a small firm
How does the small but perfectly formed legal practice manage its business?
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How To: reduce staff pay
Cutting pay could help your law firm remain sustainable, but it has to be done carefully and with extreme sensitivity.
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Kazakhstan is a magnet for investors but its legal system is a work in progress
Kazakhstan is enjoying an economic boom but politics plays a big part as lawyers seek to carve out practices.
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Offshore: reasons to be cheerful
Offshore financial centres have suffered a reputational bruising and tougher regulation in the aftermath of the 2008 crash. But many law firms have found ways to survive and thrive.
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How to: change specialisms
Grania Langdon-Down hears from practitioners who have reshaped their career by moving practice area.
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China: a tough market to penetrate
The world’s second-largest economy offers boundless potential. But restrictions on the work of foreign firms are among many obstacles to sharing in China’s success.
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Regulating ABSs: levelling the playing field
The profession’s two-pronged disciplinary system is unfair and must be reformed.
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How To: be more diverse
We look at what law firms can do – and are doing – to promote diversity and inclusion.
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Clients need to know their rights
While many law firms are handling complaints better, solicitors still have a regulatory obligation to inform their customers of their right to complain.
