All Features articles – Page 13

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    Feature

    A helping hand

    27 September 2021

    Covid-19 deaths, the consequent surge in legacies becoming due and the complication of a backlog of probate cases mean charities – and the solicitors that serve them – are emerging tentatively from the pandemic. 

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    Feature

    Undertakings: as good as gold?

    2021-09-22T09:40:00Z

    Harcus provides a wake-up call to those for whom undertakings may have become just another administrative routine.

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    Feature

    Critical condition

    20 September 2021

    Councils have cut support for law centres and increased rents, threatening their survival just when people need their services most. 

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    Feature

    Law boldly explores the hybrid realm

    20 September 2021

    In following the footsteps of the retail sector, law firms can reshape their businesses into hybrid models that offer both modern service delivery and good customer experience.

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    Feature

    Boiling point

    13 September 2021

    Legal advice and the law are vital tools for tackling the climate emergency. But are they up to the job?

  • For sale signs
    Feature

    Back to the office – but whose?

    13 September 2021

    The world of work has changed for good, with serious implications for the legal jobs market.

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    Feature

    Sands of time

    6 September 2021

    In a bone-hard market for professional indemnity insurance it pays to get in early, hears Maria Shahid.

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    Feature

    Testing times

    2 August 2021

    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. 

  • HM Revenue & Customs
    Feature

    Taxing partners

    2 August 2021

    Digital shakeup will ‘end overlap profits’.

  • Jonathanrayner
    Feature

    Interests in common

    26 July 2021

    Presidents’ and Secretaries’ conference.

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    Feature

    The challenging future of clinical negligence litigation

    2021-07-26T00:01:00Z Occasional Contributor

    Mike Knight, ARAG, discusses the future of clinical negligence (sponsored content).

  • Tired doctor
    Feature

    Battle fatigue

    26 July 2021

    What has the pandemic done to medical negligence and prospects for reform? Melanie Newman reports.

  • Meal illustration
    Feature

    Recipes for success

    19 July 2021

    It would be easy for law firms to get carried away with legal tech, but a strategic approach – from mixing old with new to creating a blueprint to achieve your goals – is key.

  • Stormont
    Feature

    A place apart

    19 July 2021

    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.

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    Feature

    Shining stars?

    12 July 2021

    The legal profession long ago embarked on a journey with online reviews – from shutting down the ‘Solicitors from Hell’ website to the prospect of compulsory online ratings.

  • Manchester-united-football-protest
    Feature

    Playing by the rules

    12 July 2021

    Mega sponsorship deals and money-spinning transfers are the bread and butter of sports law. But when governing bodies and clubs make headlines for the wrong reasons, lawyers have to pick up the pieces. 

  • Justin Farrance_A&O headshot
    Opinion

    Legal profession looks to grow together

    2021-07-07T11:00:00Z

    Law Society social mobility ambassador Justin Farrance describes how he founded his mentoring programme and what inspired him to do so.

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    Feature

    Lip service

    5 July 2021

    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

  • Woman typing on laptop
    Feature

    A year like no other

    5 July 2021

    How has the economic confusion of the Covid-19 pandemic changed legal recruitment? 

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    Feature

    How to: Close a pay gap

    28 June 2021

    The underlying reasons for pay gaps measured by gender, race, ethnicity or disability are complex. All the more reason to start addressing them.