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Employers know offering more money and the chance to move up does not cut it any more - at least not on its own.
- Opinion
Independent variable
What if, by some devolutionary concession, Scotland opts out of Supreme Court jurisdiction?
- Opinion
There may be trouble ahead
Is it realistic to expect Johnson’s administration suddenly to embrace pluralism and consensus on the back of December’s emphatic election victory?
- News
AI revolution could cost 35,000 UK legal jobs - Law Society research
Legal sector employment boom dating back decades could be coming to an end, according to the Institute for Employment Studies.
- Opinion
Workforce in progress
The number of legal professionals soared by 145% in the quarter century from 1993 to 2017.
- News
Heavyweight new college poised to shake up solicitor training
New entrant the College of Legal Practice aims to undercut market giants the University of Law and BPP by thousands of pounds.
- Opinion
Careless whispers
Are solicitors in danger of being lumbered with another costly solution in search of a problem?
- News
Retired top judge attacks ex-Law Society president over ‘political’ Supreme Court
Martin Mears, Society president in 1995, said the Supreme Court could be brought to heel by a ‘one-paragraph act of parliament’.
- Feature
Mersey soundings
Since Liverpool was crowned European Capital of Culture 2008, the city has enjoyed a renaissance that has brought commercial work – and law firms – pouring in. Paul Rogerson reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
- Opinion
Can lawyers save the world?
Lawyers worldwide are involved in litigation to bring man-made climate change within the realm of justiciable activities.
- Opinion
Mind the gap
Just like politicians, ambitious City bureaucrats are not shy of making headline-grabbing speeches when plum jobs come up. So it was last week, when two of their number floated reforms that could have far-reaching repercussions for lawyers.
- News
Wales must take full control of justice, urges landmark review
Commission on Justice in Wales demands that ’justice be determined and delivered in Wales’ through wholesale devolution.
- Opinion
Death and taxes
Media coverage of MoJ’s decision to scrap changes to probate fees was predictably jubilant.
- Opinion
Class actions
Profession again dominates league table of 75 employers doing the most to improve social mobility.
- Opinion
Time, gentlemen, please
How long will routine social drinking with colleagues and clients continue?
- Opinion
Window of opportunity
Not so long ago, we’d surely have considered it eccentric seriously to question the separation of powers.
- Opinion
Not cricket
Much of the commentary surrounding the Sun’s story on sporting hero Ben Stokes’ family tragedy is ill-directed.
- Opinion
Rebellious Scots to crush
All hell broke loose when it was suggested Scottish judges might be politically biased.
- Opinion
Invisible Bristol
Court reporters have always been as interested in what interests the public as in the public interest. So, from Bristol Magistrates’ Court, we read of a motorist who was ‘surprised’ he was over the drink-drive limit after taking a traditional flu remedy of honey, garlic, ginger and white rum.
