All Features articles – Page 4
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FeatureTrial and error
The scope and scale of fraud are daunting for cash-strapped enforcers. With its ‘tiny’ budget and chequered history of prosecutions, Katharine Freeland asks, can the Serious Fraud Office turn the tide?
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FeatureTrials and tribulation
Crown courts are in crisis, reports Catherine Baksi. The backlog continues to climb, the estate is crumbling and there aren’t enough lawyers. So what’s the plan?
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FeatureHard selling
Resolving trade disputes efficiently and equitably is key to global peace and prosperity. Joanna Goodman reviews the growing challenges parties face in maintaining trade relations as globalism wanes.
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FeatureAnatomising a disaster
Sir Brian Langstaff delivered his final report on the infected blood scandal last month. Fiona Scolding KC, who represented over 300 victims, examines how the state failed them so badly – and the role played by lawyers and the legal system.
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FeatureSweating the small stuff
Small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of the economy. Katharine Freeland looks at the snowballing challenges facing legal advisers who are helping these businesses to scale up or sell up.
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FeatureSeeing and believing
Regulations around the ethical and environmental credentials of businesses are tightening, leading companies of all sizes to rely more heavily on their lawyers. In the first of two features on ESG reporting, Katharine Freeland looks at the position of clients.
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FeatureGrowing your own
The advent of the SQE has made it easier to train within an in-house legal department. Will more aspiring solicitors eschew the private practice route to qualification? Catherine Baksi reports.
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FeatureBridging the digital funding gap
Julie Bishop and Alex Charles of the Law Centres Network worry that a shortage of cash is hindering access to justice.
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FeatureKeeping house
Solicitors and law firms continue to quit conveyancing. So what reforms of the home buying and selling process would persuade them to stay?
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FeatureCan we fix it?
Respected, business-friendly and innovative, the Technology and Construction Court is a trailblazer. But could it become a victim of its own success? Joanna Goodman reports.
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FeatureOpening the door
For 20 years the Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme has helped aspiring solicitors from disadvantaged backgrounds become solicitors. Catherine Baksi discovers that it has never been more needed.
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FeatureLet all talent rise
In the second of two articles on disability in the legal profession, Katharine Freeland looks at the experiences of – and what must be done for – solicitors seeking to climb the career ladder.
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FeatureShow us the money
Windrush, contaminated blood, child sexual abuse – the state claims victims of high-profile scandals don’t need lawyers to secure proper compensation. Experience suggests otherwise, reports Eduardo Reyes.
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FeatureTouching the void
Seven years into mandatory pay gap reporting, Joanna Goodman reports on whether and how large law firms have used the data to narrow the gender divide.
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FeatureGhost in the machine
Generative AI is transforming legal work. That has potentially significant ramifications for professional negligence claims and how solicitors insure themselves.
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FeatureLIDW24: Uniting the dispute resolution community
Joanna Goodman speaks with Michael Fletcher, co-chair of London International Disputes Week 2024. The Gazette is this year's media sponsor.
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FeatureCrowded house
The bedrock of our criminal justice system, the magistrates’ courts, is in crisis. So is it time to consider a radical overhaul? Catherine Baksi reports.
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FeatureBuilding better
Economic and ecological challenges have combined to focus attention on the perceived shortcomings of 70-year-old landlord and tenant legislation. Maria Shahid reports on how this is affecting the commercial property market and the litigators who work in it.
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FeatureDouble take
Feelings run high on the multiple-choice ‘super-exam’ SQE1. Part two has had less scrutiny. Joanna Goodman takes a closer look.