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FeatureInsight: Will Parliament draw a line under boundary disputes?
New bill could resolve expensive problem, says Stewart Title’s Robert Kelly
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ProfileTroubled waters - interview with Barra McGrory QC
Northern Ireland’s first Catholic DPP talks to Eduardo Reyes about holding state entities to account and professional friendships that cross sectarian divides.
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FeatureGreen shoots
Fuelled by technology, financial services and property, a resurgent Ireland is keeping lawyers busy – and eyeing a Brexit dividend. Barry O’Halloran reports.
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FeatureOut of step on third-party funding
Third-party litigation funding remains illegal in Ireland.
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FeatureCeltic tiger comes a cropper – did state lose out?
Litigation has always been a mainstay of Irish law firms, looming larger than usual during the recession as courts cleared up much of the mess left after the country’s banks and property market collapsed.
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FeatureHow to set up in Ireland
Since Britain’s vote to leave the EU, lawyers and other professional services have Ireland in their sights.
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David Gauke MP arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice to be sworn in as lord chancellor this morning.
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FeatureInternational criminal justice
Global justice forums can struggle to overcome the power politics of nation states. Eduardo Reyes looks at the ambitions of the International Criminal Court.
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ProfileInterview: Matthew Tossell, Hugh James
Hugh James’ senior partner is proud to have reshaped legal services in Wales – but he is no separatist, Jonathan Rayner hears
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FeatureIn with the new
December’s Council meeting, at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, had a packed agenda which looked back over 2017 and forward to implementing changes already under way.
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FeatureTrade treaties: pact agenda
UK haggling over a post-Brexit trade deal has cast a spotlight on the proliferation of treaties subject to ever more complex laws and regulations. Marialuisa Taddia reports
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FeatureTechnology: netminder is a good save
AI goalie keeps out email howlers, while a chatbot takes the strain off junior clerks.
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FeatureSexual harassment: You too?
Sexual harassment in the legal profession is ‘rife’ – with the City of London providing some of the worst examples, Eduardo Reyes hears
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FeaturePrivate equity: Many happy returns?
Ten years after the financial crisis erupted, private equity has rediscovered some of its old swagger. Legal advisers have not been slow to capitalise, reports Marialuisa Taddia
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FeatureCanada: Trading places
Buffeted by foreign incomers and embroiled in a trade stand-off with the US, Canadian law firms are seeking to broaden their horizons.
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FeatureTechnology: Riding the hype-cycle
Tech start-ups have peaked, we are told – not so in the law.
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FeatureSociety spotlight: Planning for an uncertain market
October’s meeting of the Law Society Council
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FeatureEU Financial Regulation: Money troubles
Since the 2008 crash, restoring stability to Europe’s financial services industry has taken precedence over creating a single market. That has meant a fee bonanza for compliance advisers.
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FeatureVictim support: Ahmed Aydeed
The Junior Lawyer of the Year 2017 is proud to serve ‘demonised’ asylum-seekers who have lost everything.