All Features articles – Page 14
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FeatureTechnology: a community reunited
The return of Legal Geek as an in-person event gave the industry a chance to see how far lawtech has evolved during the pandemic.
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FeatureDuty bound
This year marks 20 years of the race equality duty, introduced in the wake of the Macpherson report’s damning indictment of ‘institutional racism’ in the police. We assess the duty’s impact and enduring legacy.
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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?
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FeatureReady to roll
With a vital role in the competition class actions regime, a push towards standard documentation and a nascent secondary market, the litigation funding sector is growing up.
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FeatureA helping hand
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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FeatureUndertakings: as good as gold?
Harcus provides a wake-up call to those for whom undertakings may have become just another administrative routine.
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FeatureCritical condition
Councils have cut support for law centres and increased rents, threatening their survival just when people need their services most.
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FeatureLaw boldly explores the hybrid realm
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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FeatureBoiling point
Legal advice and the law are vital tools for tackling the climate emergency. But are they up to the job?
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FeatureBack to the office – but whose?
The world of work has changed for good, with serious implications for the legal jobs market.
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FeatureSands of time
In a bone-hard market for professional indemnity insurance it pays to get in early, hears Maria Shahid.
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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.
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FeatureThe challenging future of clinical negligence litigation
Mike Knight, ARAG, discusses the future of clinical negligence (sponsored content).
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FeatureBattle fatigue
What has the pandemic done to medical negligence and prospects for reform? Melanie Newman reports.
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FeatureRecipes for success
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.