Practice points – Page 31
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FeatureLegal ‘super-exam’: too good to be true
The SRA’s proposed central assessment fails to resolve every issue which persuaded the regulator to recommend it.
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FeatureFuture of legal services: in-house
What does the Law Society report foretell for the in-house sector?
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FeatureDefamation: serious harm revisited
Evidence and likelihood of harm are now critical tests in defamation cases.
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FeatureChallenges of Welsh devolution
The draft Wales Bill must be fundamentally reworked if it is to live up to its promise.
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FeatureLinking medicine and law
Medical-legal partnerships under an ABS model could improve access to justice.
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FeatureGovernance review: commercial imperatives
Is the Law Society institutionally neglectful of commercial solicitors?
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FeatureFuture of legal services
In the first of two articles about The Future of Legal Services, we reflect on what the Law Society’s new report foretells for private practice.
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FeatureWills: choice and control at the end of life
Lawyers and healthcare professionals have created a pioneering tool to help people control end-of-life decisions.
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FeatureLiPs, privilege and a solicitor’s duty
A solicitor meeting a litigant in person should explain the concept of without prejudice privilege.
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FeatureThe highs and lows of obtaining an ABS licence
Thorneycroft Solicitors secured its ABS licence two years after first approaching the SRA. Rachel Stow shares the highs and lows of the process
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FeatureDeferred prosecution agreements and follow-on actions
The first DPA in this country has proved to be exactly the kind of illustration of a DPA that the SFO would have hoped for.
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FeatureLibel stats don’t tell the whole story
A reported drop in defamation cases was gleefully seized upon by the media, but the reality is less straightforward.
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FeaturePower of a profile
How to find out if your law firm is getting real value from social media contacts.
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FeatureInsurance Act: Flexible and fit for purpose
The Insurance Act 2015 revamps outdated and unsatisfactory legislation
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Devil in the detail of autumn statement
Chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement contained important changes for law firms.
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FeatureDefining dishonesty: Personal injury
Is ‘fundamental dishonesty’ the new battleground in industrial disease cases?
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FeatureClosed Material Procedures: disclosure
The question of what procedural fairness demands in the context of national security is troubling the courts.
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FeatureCombating data theft
Preventing the hacking of data is a logistical problem rather than a legal one.
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FeatureLawyers against poverty
New pro bono collective Oxfam Lawyers Against Poverty is working to improve legal education and boost access to justice in the central Asian republic of Tajikistan.