Latest roundtables – Page 2
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FeatureRoundtable: Information technology in dispute resolution
Use of technology in legal disputes is taking off, promising dramatic improvements in access to justice. But does legal tech just mean faster, cheaper disputes or will it start to change outcomes?
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Roundtable: Breaking cover
Despite a long-benign market, regulators appear determined to push through controversial reforms of professional indemnity insurance. Premiums are unlikely to fall but clients and solicitors will be exposed to grievous new risks, hears the Gazette ’s latest roundtable.
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GDPR: a data minefield
As solicitors and their clients gear up for May’s implementation of the GDPR, the Gazette ’s latest roundtable hears that many appear to have left their preparations to the 11th hour. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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Roundtable: Exit wounds
As Brexit looms, Eduardo Reyes finds lawyers at the latest Gazette roundtable urgently trying to influence policymakers while preparing for a turbulent and uncertain future.
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AI: Breaking the codes
Law firms are keen to trumpet the use of AI, but the views of clients are less well aired. The latest Gazette roundtable gave corporate counsel a chance to discuss their agenda. Joanna Goodman reports
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Advocacy: On top of the brief
At the Gazette ’s latest roundtable, advocates on both sides of the divide debated audience rights post-Brexit, the shortcomings of the CPS and a more ‘proportionate’ approach to litigation.
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Pro bono: Never enough
Can pro bono legal advice be more than a ‘sticking plaster on a gushing wound’?
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Independents: Starting over
Typified as ‘lean, grown-up and sophisticated’, independent law firms are setting up shop at a record rate.
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Civil litigation: a future in dispute
As competitor jurisdictions look to exploit Brexit and costs are squeezed further, lawyers at the Gazette’s latest roundtable reflect on the seemingly permanent revolution in civil litigation work.
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Conveyancing: Home truths
Conveyancers are generally upbeat, though pressure on fees, demanding clients and cyber fraud all present urgent challenges. The Gazette’s latest roundtable.
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Roundtable: Out in the open
LGBT lawyers believe that the profession has yet to deliver on full equality.
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Roundtable: Professional indemnity insurance
Solicitors’ mandatory indemnity insurance has never been more competitive, nor the claims environment more benign. So why are solicitors and brokers still losing sleep over PII? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
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Roundtable: small firms
Life outside Big Law is not for the faint-hearted but for those who can carve out a niche and plan for the future, the prospects are good. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
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Roundtable: employment
Employment lawyers are scrambling to advise firms spooked by the prospect of Brexit. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
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Roundtable: litigation funding
Litigation funding is increasingly lauded as a model for modern litigation. But its role in boosting ‘access to justice’ is less clear cut, the Gazette ’s latest roundtable heard.
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Roundtable: cybersecurity
As fears of cybercrime and data theft proliferate, how can law firms protect themselves against the scammers?
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Roundtable: Brexit
The latest Gazette roundtable considered varying scenarios for the profession attendant upon leaving the EU.
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Roundtable: solicitor-advocates
The legal system remains loaded against solicitor-advocates, so what needs to change to level the playing field with the bar?
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Roundtable: mediation
Mediation could – and should – be used to resolve many more disputes than it does. What’s holding it back?
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Roundtable: legal IT
Law firms are investing in cutting-edge technology, spurred by cloud computing and the rapid proliferation of tech start-ups.
