All Features articles – Page 10

  • Jonathan-Davies
    Feature

    'Jagged edge of devolution'

    8 July 2022

    The Law Society’s Wales Committee has become the National Board for Wales – another signifier of the accelerating divergence of the nation’s legal services sector.

  • City skyline
    News

    Done deal

    1 July 2022

    Despite the doom-mongering, Brexit appears to have had little impact on the UK’s position as a leader in mergers and acquisitions. But, writes Joanna Goodman, there are clouds on the horizon.

  • Age illustration
    Feature

    Age-old problems

    1 July 2022

    The ethics surrounding capacity, autonomy, legacy, values and digital assets were front of mind at the annual conference of the Law Society’s Private Client Section.

  • ESG
    Feature

    Dig the new breed of law firm

    24 June 2022

    Tech innovation is increasingly being driven by moral and even political considerations as ESG grows in importance.

  • Public Defender Service illustration
    Feature

    Taking both sides

    24 June 2022

    The government has not ruled out expanding the Public Defender Service in response to bar strike action. But with a dearth of information about the organisation’s performance, it is difficult to know what sort of impact an enlarged PDS could have, reports Catherine Baksi.

  • Female LS presidents
    Feature

    Gender gap

    17 June 2022

    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.

  • Rachel and Linda black dress top corridor
    Feature

    Women in leadership: building better

    17 June 2022

    Rachel Adamson and Linda Kirk, co-founders and directors at Adkirk Law, on building a culture that invests in development.

  • ARAG/Ross James
    Feature

    Emergency room

    10 June 2022

    Medical negligence cases benefited from pragmatic collaboration by all involved during the pandemic. Politicians intent on reforming the handling of disputes which arise from clinical failings should take note. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable

  • Jonathanrayner
    Feature

    A meeting of minds

    27 May 2022

    Law Management Section conference.

  • Cost of living protest
    Feature

    Falling behind

    27 May 2022

    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.

  • Laura-Simpson
    Feature

    Our legal sector needs some TLC

    20 May 2022

    It has been a busy three months since leaving my role at Latham & Watkins to set up my coaching business.

  • Joanna Goodman
    Feature

    Golden gateway?

    20 May 2022

    Soaring salaries for the City’s newly qualified solicitors mask the potholed and expensive road to qualification for many. And associate attrition rates are rising.

  • Colourful silhouettes of a crowd of people
    Feature

    Working it out

    13 May 2022

    Aspiring lawyers with disabilities see few role models. Catherine Baksi asks, can the legal profession change that?

  • Margarita Sivakova
    Feature

    The wartime CEO

    13 May 2022

    A Ukrainian legal tech startup has continued operations since the country was invaded by Russia. Its chief executive, who was in Kyiv when war broke out, explains how her company is busier than ever and why contributing to the economy helps the war effort

  • Brexit map and pencil
    Feature

    Continental drifters

    6 May 2022

    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

  • Jonathanrayner
    Feature

    Bundles of joy or a costly mistake?

    6 May 2022

    Law Society Spring Civil Litigation conference.

  • office favourites
    Feature

    Playing favourites – what we don’t talk about

    6 May 2022

    Mental Health Awareness Week 2022.

  • Foodbank
    Feature

    If you were there

    29 April 2022

    As the cost-of-living crisis worsens, can lawyers and the legal system do anything to ensure a just outcome for society’s most disadvantaged people? Many are helped, Eduardo Reyes finds, yet the scale of the problem is daunting.

  • Londongrad protest
    Feature

    Good with money

    22 April 2022

    In a volatile world, private client lawyers are working harder than ever to provide stability and legal certainty for clients whose priorities have changed.

  • John Kerry
    Feature

    Signing up for survival

    8 April 2022

    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?