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  • Domestic-violence
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    Coming to harm

    15 November 2021

    Controlling and coercive behaviour was recognised as a discrete criminal offence in 2015, but is enough being done to protect victims? 

  • Maria-Shahid
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    Bringing more to the table

    15 November 2021

    Leeds Law Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Conference, in association with the Law Society, provided an opportunity to focus on the continuing need for a more modern, diverse and inclusive legal profession.

  • Covid-cage
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    New world order

    8 November 2021

    The easing of Covid restrictions brings fresh challenges to law firm recruitment.

  • Student takes a test
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    Giving everyone a fair attempt at the SQE

    2021-11-05T00:01:00Z

    Ahead of the first ever Solicitors Qualifying Examination, Julie Brannan discusses accessibility, reasonable adjustments and early applications.

  • Dominic Raab arrives at the Judge's entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice
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    Ever so mighty

    1 November 2021

    Ministers have become fixated on judicial power and the ability of the courts to frustrate government policy. Will they really take on the rule of law as ‘public enemy number one’? Eduardo Reyes reports.

  • House-roller-coaster-shopping-trolley
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    Trolley dash

    25 October 2021

    A frenzied housing market pushed conveyancers to the limit.

  • Joanna Goodman
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    Technology: a community reunited

    25 October 2021

    The return of Legal Geek as an in-person event gave the industry a chance to see how far lawtech has evolved during the pandemic.

  • Paul Tennant
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    Law Society Spotlight: AGM/Council meeting

    2021-10-21T10:07:00Z

    CEO Paul Tennant writes on developments at last week’s Law Society AGM and October’s meeting of the Council.

  • Debenhams
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    National property conference

    18 October 2021

    Moving to new premises.

  • Paul Tennant
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    Law Society spotlight: Fire and pestilence at Chancery Lane

    11 October 2021

    Paul Tennant talks to Paul Rogerson about his exceptionally eventful spell as chief executive of the Law Society.

  • Stephen-Lawrence-funeral-portrait
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    Duty bound

    11 October 2021

    This year marks 20 years of the race equality duty, introduced in the wake of the Macpherson report’s damning indictment of ‘institutional racism’ in the police. We assess the duty’s impact and enduring legacy.

  • Rachel rothwell
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    Streamlining justice

    11 October 2021

    Commercial litigation.

  • Pollution-wide
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    Borrowed time

    4 October 2021

    Can banks and other project financiers live up to their promises on climate and human rights? Are Equator Principles delivering – or at risk of losing their relevance?

  • Commercial-offices-to-let-sign
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    Ready to roll

    27 September 2021

    With a vital role in the competition class actions regime, a push towards standard documentation and a nascent secondary market, the litigation funding sector is growing up.

  • Jonathanrayner
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    A helping hand

    27 September 2021

    Covid-19 deaths, the consequent surge in legacies becoming due and the complication of a backlog of probate cases mean charities – and the solicitors that serve them – are emerging tentatively from the pandemic. 

  • Protest
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    Critical condition

    20 September 2021

    Councils have cut support for law centres and increased rents, threatening their survival just when people need their services most. 

  • Meal illustration
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    Law boldly explores the hybrid realm

    20 September 2021

    In following the footsteps of the retail sector, law firms can reshape their businesses into hybrid models that offer both modern service delivery and good customer experience.

  • Global-warming-earth
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    Boiling point

    13 September 2021

    Legal advice and the law are vital tools for tackling the climate emergency. But are they up to the job?

  • For sale signs
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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.

  • Timer
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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.