All News focus articles – Page 16
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NewsNews focus: Judicial Review and Courts Bill - bigger reforms on the horizon?
The government appears to have exercised a degree of restraint with its Judicial Review and Courts Bill.
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NewsNews focus: LawtechUK proposals for legal data are a tall order
In hailing the transformative effects of digitisation on legal services, LawtechUK has produced a visionary report envisaging an industry worth £22bn a year.
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NewsNews focus: Client satisfaction surges – time to give the profession a break?
Clients appear happier than ever with the cost and quality of legal advice. So why don’t consumer watchdogs trumpet these findings? The answer may lie in how the profession is perceived.
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NewsNews focus: Lawyers zero in on climate change
The countdown to the UN Climate Change Conference has added impetus to the government’s environmental priorities. In-house and private practice lawyers are coming on board with a raft of initiatives.
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NewsNews focus: End ‘fishing expeditions’ on fees
Slater and Gordon saw off the latest challenge by a costs chaser. But the firm’s plea to halt such claims is likely to fall on deaf ears, especially with the landmark Belsner case on the horizon.
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NewsNews focus: Exhibiting the law’s ‘crown jewels’
As the National Archives takes on BAILII’s role of creating an online hub for court judgments, doubts persist about how to showcase common law rulings in a machine-friendly and comprehensive way.
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NewsNews focus: Legal futures - What will the profession look like in 2050?
The Law Society’s ‘Future Worlds’ report makes grim reading, predicting that AI will replace many solicitors and employment will plummet. But there are reasons to be optimistic.
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NewsNews focus: Confusion reigns over whiplash portal
As the news media trumpet the government’s dubious line that PI reforms will cut motor premiums, injured people must grapple with a complex and confusing system for compensation claims
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NewsThe new whiplash portal: Is it ready and will it work?
Experts from across the claimant and defendant sectors give their verdict on the new claims portal.
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NewsNews focus - Bar: ‘no end to justice emergency’
Dire predictions of the bar’s demise may not have come to pass but chambers must address the long-term effects of the pandemic, relating to remote hearings, court backlogs and a pupillage crisis.
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NewsNews focus: Queen’s speech - what solicitors need to know
The Judicial Review Bill dominated professional concerns in the wake of the Queen’s speech, but there were many other measures of interest to the legal profession.
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NewsNews focus: Post Office Horizon scandal - Where weren’t the lawyers?
There are calls for a full, judge-led public inquiry into the Post Office prosecution of former subpostmasters, with many wondering what role lawyers played in this miscarriage of justice.
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NewsNews focus: JR reform backlash intensifies
Government plans to go further than Lord Faulks’ review recommendations face fierce scrutiny from lawyers, with the impact on social care and court jurisdiction under the spotlight.
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News'Shocked' Helena Kennedy QC praises advice service at risk of closure
Human rights barrister set up Waterloo Legal Advice Service 48 years ago.
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NewsListed legal firms bounce back after pandemic pressure
Stockmarket-listed law firms took a hit in the early days of the pandemic but their shares have generally rebounded. Will this embolden others to join them?
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NewsNews focus: Remote resolution – here to stay
How the pandemic has changed the face of joint settlement meetings.
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NewsNews focus: ‘Perverse’ punishments at the bar
Momentum is building for tougher sanctions to be imposed on barristers who commit sexual misconduct. Current trends show a clear inconsistency in sanctions based on offence.
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NewsNew breed of law firm consultancy transforming the market
As the pandemic has shown how remote working can provide major benefits for legal practices, clients and lawyers, the traditional law firm could be facing an existential threat.
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NewsNews focus: Every little helps - FTSE 100 panels and diversity (part 2)
In the second of a two-part investigation, the Gazette discovers how major corporates are pushing their legal firms to increase diversity and inclusion – amid fears that such policies could backfire.
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NewsNews focus: FTSE 100 legal panels under pressure on diversity
In the first of a two-part investigation, the Gazette discovers how the UK’s largest listed companies are pushing their panel firms to embrace diversity.