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Latest feature – Page 19
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FeatureBodichon: founder of the women’s movement?
In a year which celebrates the centennial of women’s formal entry into the legal profession of England and Wales, we must not forget the brave and inspirational women who found ways to shape law and its operations long before their sex was admitted.
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FeatureCollision course
Personal injury lawyers have endured years of reform seemingly designed to kill off claims supported by legal advice. And there is more to come, reports Melanie Newman
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ProfileMagic touch
New Law Society president Simon Davis is determined to combat a collapse of trust in the professions which dates back to the financial crisis. But how? Paul Rogerson reports
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FeatureClient protections must not be compromised
Professional indemnity insurance is getting dearer.
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FeatureDashing for cover
Law firms are responding to reports of a harder market for indemnity cover in 2019. Eduardo Reyes canvasses solicitors and brokers for their latest take on renewal conditions.
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FeatureLocal heroes
Over 30 local law societies have disappeared in the last 25 years. Those that remain must innovate to stay relevant amid the decline in volunteerism, reports Marialuisa Taddia
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FeatureGreenham Common plan to ‘crowd the prisons’
In 1981, women and children walked over 100 miles to the Berkshire USAF base to protest against planned storage of nuclear cruise missiles.
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FeatureInertia is not an option
Dismissing new tools and technologies as ‘hype’ will put the future of your firm at risk. And don’t worry – if a robot doesn’t perform, you can always sack it
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FeatureHow to: use gender-neutral language
By writing ‘Dear Sirs’, some lawyers feel they are holding out against political correctness. But the battle against gender-neutral language is surely a losing cause, reports Melanie Newman
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FeaturePicking up the pieces
Cash-strapped law centres are tottering under the growing burden of unmet legal need. Could lawyers do more to help? Eduardo Reyes reports
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: May‘s Council meeting
Law Society work on statutory instruments relating to a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.
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FeatureHow to leave work at the front door
Switching off from the office will make you happier and more productive, but this is easier said than done. Katharine Freeland offers some top tips about how to strike a healthy work/life balance
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FeatureFeel the difference
A special roundtable on new ways of providing legal services – in association with Thomson Reuters.
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FeatureTaking on trust
Big businesses naturally strain against the constraints of a competition regime whose power is partly vested in EU law and institutions. But they won’t be let off the leash post-Brexit, hears Marialuisa Taddia
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FeatureToo big to fail?
China is embroiled in a bilateral trade war with the US but the international legal community is unlikely to panic. Foreign law firms are used to playing a long game there, hears Marialuisa Taddia
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FeatureA new normal
Does it still make sense to describe legal services companies as ‘alternative’ when they are in the vanguard of the sector – and well placed to dominate it?
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FeatureCountry pursuits
Solicitors serving the rural economy must be versatile enough to cope with the ‘jigsaw of life’, hears Ben Rigby
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FeatureFilthy lucre
Solicitors are in the line of fire for failing to stop ‘dirty money’ flooding into the UK and their vulnerability to cyber-attacks. But is this criticism fair? Marialuisa Taddia reports
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FeatureSetting up a family law practice alone
From maximising connections to considering the finer details: the most helpful steps when building a business on your own.
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FeatureDo we need a specialist housing court?
View from the district bench: return of a Gazette favourite.