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FeatureHome improvements?
Rishi Sunak threw money at a moribund housing market, sparking a mini-boom as lockdown lifted. Residential property lawyers sighed with relief – but will the recovery endure?
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FeatureRiding the swell
Tech is enabling law firms to stay afloat in the pandemic, but ultimately we will all need to swim out of our Covid-19 caves and break out of survival mode.
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FeatureA new ‘chapter’ for insolvency law
The coronavirus pandemic ushered in far-reaching changes to insolvency law – creating new winners and losers.
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FeatureRunning for cover
Law firms must brace themselves for big increases in indemnity premiums. Eduardo Reyes takes the pulse of a rapidly hardening market.
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FeatureHow to: Retire
Retirement can herald the happiest days of a lawyer’s life – or the start of a new career. Jonathan Rayner talks to three solicitors about how they have made the most of their golden years.
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FeatureLabour pains
New employment tribunals president Barry Clarke wants the system’s reputation to emerge from the crisis enhanced. It’s a tough ask, hears Melanie Newman.
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FeatureTaken to the brink
As we await the Ministry of Justice’s annual report, Melanie Newman canvasses practitioners about how the department is performing.
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FeatureUneasy Street
Lockdown has laid bare the vulnerabilities of our under-resourced legal ecosystem. Housing law is among the most exposed areas.
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FeatureRates of inflection
The pandemic has forced law firms to recognise that digital transformation is key to future success, but which Covid-driven changes will become part of business as usual?
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FeatureA new world of work
As lockdown restrictions ease, the general consensus is that the government’s furlough scheme has only delayed inevitable redundancies. But many working in legal recruitment remain cautiously optimistic, reports Maria Shahid
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: Risk and compliance
How remote working has complicated your regulatory duties – and how the Law Society can help.
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FeatureShock to the system
Proposals for an ‘online court’ were already behind schedule when 90% of hearings switched overnight to remote proceedings. As the coronavirus recovery plan kicks in, Marialuisa Taddia finds out how far the reform programme has come.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: June’s Council meeting
Because of the pandemic this was Council’s first full meeting conducted remotely.
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FeatureThe great leap forward
As lockdown eases, most law firms acknowledge that technology can transform their businesses. But is there a danger that cash constraints will stall progress?
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FeatureFamily fortunes
A huge backlog of family cases, increased by lockdown, is just one of many challenges facing family lawyers, writes Katharine Freeland
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FeatureGoing mobile
The legal profession appears to be doing a lot to foster social mobility, using data-driven recruitment methods and helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter the law. But is all this work making a real difference, or is it just burnishing the image of the biggest firms?
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FeatureCovid-19 public inquiry: Asking the right questions
The government is facing calls for a public inquiry into its response to the coronavirus pandemic. What form should such an inquiry take and what should it investigate?
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FeatureStaying powers
Marialuisa Taddia canvasses practitioners on coping with a dysfunctional immigration regime made worse by the pandemic.