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    Back to the office – but whose?

    13 September 2021

    The world of work has changed for good, with serious implications for the legal jobs market.

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    Sands of time

    6 September 2021

    In a bone-hard market for professional indemnity insurance it pays to get in early, hears Maria Shahid.

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    Taxing partners

    2 August 2021

    Digital shakeup will ‘end overlap profits’.

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    Testing times

    2 August 2021

    With less than a month to go until the SQE becomes the route to qualification, many unanswered questions remain about its operation and likely impact. 

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    Interests in common

    26 July 2021

    Presidents’ and Secretaries’ conference.

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    Battle fatigue

    26 July 2021

    What has the pandemic done to medical negligence and prospects for reform? Melanie Newman reports.

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    A place apart

    19 July 2021

    In the last of the Gazette’s series of features on the UK’s devolved assemblies and the law, Marialuisa Taddia looks at Northern Ireland.

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    Recipes for success

    19 July 2021

    It would be easy for law firms to get carried away with legal tech, but a strategic approach – from mixing old with new to creating a blueprint to achieve your goals – is key.

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    Playing by the rules

    12 July 2021

    Mega sponsorship deals and money-spinning transfers are the bread and butter of sports law. But when governing bodies and clubs make headlines for the wrong reasons, lawyers have to pick up the pieces. 

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    Shining stars?

    12 July 2021

    The legal profession long ago embarked on a journey with online reviews – from shutting down the ‘Solicitors from Hell’ website to the prospect of compulsory online ratings.

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    Law firms 2.0 and the future of the legal landscape

    2021-07-09T08:00:00Z

    For those entering the legal profession, there is much uncertainty. The speed of change within the legal profession is accelerating rapidly.

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    A year like no other

    5 July 2021

    How has the economic confusion of the Covid-19 pandemic changed legal recruitment? 

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    Lip service

    5 July 2021

    Will reforms principally driven by a desire to cut personal injury claims really simplify the process for claimants? Marialuisa Taddia reports on an online justice platform that takes lawyers out of the loop

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    Behind closed doors

    28 June 2021

    As a method of resolving commercial disputes, arbitration has boomed amid the pandemic.

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    How to: Close a pay gap

    28 June 2021

    The underlying reasons for pay gaps measured by gender, race, ethnicity or disability are complex. All the more reason to start addressing them.

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    Damage limitation

    21 June 2021

    For legal services, the UK’s Brexit deal was better than expected, but still leaves a great deal to be desired – and lobbied for.

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    Self-service solution

    21 June 2021

    Applications coded in the same language that can connect and exchange information are building efficiencies into corporate and commercial law and reshaping legal services.

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    Lugano posturing is bad for everyone

    21 June 2021

    It is now over a month since the European Commission advised the European parliament and council that the UK should not be allowed to join the Lugano Convention.

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    The Modern Law Firm: Automated. Integrated. Digitised.

    2021-06-14T15:50:00Z

    Many have noted the legal world’s relative lag in digitisation compared to other professional services industries.

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    Influencing: Behind the scenes at Chancery Lane

    14 June 2021

    A case study in lobbying legislators.