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Marialuisa Taddia
FeatureGender gap
Women now outnumber men in the legal profession – but not in the top jobs. Part of the problem is that men continue to define what success looks like, hears Marialuisa Taddia.
FeatureFalling behind
In our second feature on poverty and the law, Marialuisa Taddia reports on the frontline solicitors helping the vulnerable navigate a bewildering and woefully inadequate benefits system.
FeatureContinental drifters
Covid restrictions on work and travel deferred the full impact of Brexit on the ability of UK lawyers to advise and act in the EU. As the profession returns to normal, Marialuisa Taddia delivers a progress report on what practitioners have lost – and might still regain
FeatureGood with money
In a volatile world, private client lawyers are working harder than ever to provide stability and legal certainty for clients whose priorities have changed.
FeatureSigning up for survival
Green clauses are not new, Marialuisa Taddia hears, but their adoption by contracting parties is now urgently needed to save the planet. Can the lawyers prevail?
FeatureDrawing a line
Blocking the road to war in border crises are the International Court of Justice, arbitration, mediation – and the lawyers engaged in all three. Marialuisa Taddia reports.
FeatureCapital gains
High-net-worth conveyancing has never been so lucrative, as the ‘race for space’ post-lockdown combines with a resurgence of interest in prime London property. Cutting SDLT merely fuelled the flames, hears Marialuisa Taddia – and there is little sign yet of the market cooling off.
FeatureSolo climbers
Law firms for self-employed consultant solicitors are growing rapidly. Could they really accommodate a third of all solicitors within five years? Marialuisa Taddia reports
FeatureThinking positive
Some IP lawyers feared Brexit and Covid-19 would be bad for business. They could hardly have been more wrong.
FeatureWe can work it out
Commercial mediation is on the rise and being pushed hard to keep cases out of our congested courtrooms.
FeatureBorrowed time
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?
FeatureBoiling point
Legal advice and the law are vital tools for tackling the climate emergency. But are they up to the job?
FeatureTesting times
With less than a month to go until the SQE becomes the route to qualification, many unanswered questions remain about its operation and likely impact.
FeatureA place apart
In the last of the Gazette’s series of features on the UK’s devolved assemblies and the law, Marialuisa Taddia looks at Northern Ireland.
FeatureLip service
Will reforms principally driven by a desire to cut personal injury claims really simplify the process for claimants? Marialuisa Taddia reports on an online justice platform that takes lawyers out of the loop
FeatureBehind closed doors
As a method of resolving commercial disputes, arbitration has boomed amid the pandemic.
FeatureFeeling the heat
A housing market that ground to a complete halt last year is suddenly white hot, as pent-up demand meets a controversial tax holiday.
FeatureRemote control
Civil justice practitioners report numerous benefits from a move to remote proceedings. Criminal law was always going to be more problematic.
FeatureThe Old trouble
A tumultuous 12 months has ensured lawyers working in pensions disputes are busier than ever.