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    Conveyancing risks and indemnity insurance

    17 May 2021

    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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    Taking the rap: crime

    17 May 2021

    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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    Engagement or subversion?

    10 May 2021

    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

    10 May 2021

    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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    The Old trouble

    3 May 2021

    A tumultuous 12 months has ensured lawyers working in pensions disputes are busier than ever. 

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    Free enterprise

    26 April 2021

    ‘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

    26 April 2021

    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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    Candidates for change

    19 April 2021

    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

    19 April 2021

    Several legal tech stories published on 1 April seemed especially imaginative.

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    March Council meeting

    2021-04-12T15:36:00Z

    Council met remotely on 23 March.

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    Digital transformation supplement

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    A practical guide to adapting to a virtual world.

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    Gazette special investigation: Hate crimes

    2021-03-25T17:07:00Z

    In a special investigation for the Gazette, Melanie Newman reveals that hate crime laws are heavily used by police forces for offences against their own officers. Has the right balance been struck in this important area?

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    Split verdict

    22 March 2021

    With the SNP set for a majority in May’s Holyrood elections, is Scotland on its way out? Marialuisa Taddia canvasses lawyers on the future of devolution and its implications for the law on both sides of the border.

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    Building back better

    22 March 2021

    The pandemic has helped tech innovations become more established, but should legal tech be used merely to rebuild, or to create something truly revolutionary?

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    Remote possibilities

    15 March 2021

    Online education and training requires different content, better mentoring and more support for learners. But will it be any cheaper? Marialuisa Taddia reports

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    Postcard from abroad: Charlotte Gerrish, Gerrish Legal

    2021-03-12T11:15:00Z

    In the second of our series examining how English law is being used in different jurisdictions, we hear from Charlotte Gerrish, who works at Gerrish Legal in Paris. 

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    International Women’s Day: Invited – and asked to dance

    8 March 2021

    To mark International Women’s Day, Law Society office-holders I. Stephanie Boyce and Lubna Shuja talk to Eduardo Reyes about women’s leadership in law

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    Review: The Law Society Art Group 61st exhibition

    2021-03-01T15:06:00Z

    Art can work very well online, as the virtual exhibit proves.

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    Law Society Art Group embraces online exhibition

    2021-03-01T13:55:00Z

    This year, the show brings together artworks by 32 members of varying expressions and subjects.

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    Saving private client

    22 February 2021

    Private client solicitors have had to rethink the way things are done in the last year, but they are relying on more than the pandemic to grow their practices.