Latest feature – Page 21
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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.
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FeatureRunning for cover
With premiums on the up and income in freefall, the Gazette assembles a panel of brokers and solicitors for insights and advice on professional indemnity insurance. Maria Shahid reports.
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FeaturePublic law challenges: What happened next
Seminal public law challenges disappear from the media radar after final judgment is handed down. What happens next is not always what one would expect.
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FeatureCrash test
Covid-19 has prompted unprecedented collaboration between personal injury claimant lawyers and the insurance sector. Could this new spirit of co-operation survive the pandemic?
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FeatureShutting up shop
The impact of lockdown on commercial real estate and the sector’s legal advisers will be profound.
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FeatureSelf starters
After just three years the ‘continuing competence’ regime is already being reviewed. Was the SRA right to deregulate professional development?
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FeaturePower grab
Is a UK daily death toll numbered in the hundreds distracting us from unjustified assaults on our rights and the responsibilities of government?
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FeatureHome-made justice
For the lawyers and expert witnesses involved, the first trial conducted through Skype was a success – but that enthusiasm is not shared by the litigant.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: The Law Society Charity
Founded 45 years ago, the LSC mostly depends upon legacies and donations from law firms and individual practitioners.
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FeatureHow to work in new ways
With Covid-19 shutting offices and forcing teams apart, Katharine Freeland looks at remote, flexible and agile working
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FeatureHome truths
Conveyancing is in need of an overhaul – but will vested interests thwart effective reforms? Marialuisa Taddia reports.
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OpinionClassism: the unseen prejudice
According to the Social Mobility Commission’s 2019 poll, 77% of people feel there is a large gap between social classes in Britain today.
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FeatureHappy anniversary?
As the Commercial Court turns 125, litigators are confident it can remain globally pre-eminent despite the threat of rival jurisdictions and Brexit uncertainty. Jonathan Rayner reports.
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FeatureConnecting the dots
Innovative platforms are enabling advisers to deepen their relationships with clients, while at the same time identifying new business opportunities for law firms.
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FeatureWhat the SQE means for law firms
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) intends to introduce the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) in the autumn of 2021.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: February’s Council meeting
A report from this month’s Law Society Council meeting.
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FeatureRuling elite
The bench still looks nothing like the society from which it is drawn, reports Melanie Newman. Do we need targets and quotas, or are some barriers to judicial diversity self-imposed?