All Features articles – Page 41
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FeatureHow To: handle OFR in-house
In-house lawyers seeking to comply with outcomes-focused regulation are dealing with a regime that is ‘dynamic’ and constantly evolving.
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FeatureExpert witnesses: pain and gain
The Gazette looks at the greatly altered landscape in which expert witnesses are now expected to operate.
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FeatureHow To: run a small firm
How does the small but perfectly formed legal practice manage its business?
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FeatureKazakhstan is a magnet for investors but its legal system is a work in progress
Kazakhstan is enjoying an economic boom but politics plays a big part as lawyers seek to carve out practices.
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FeatureHow To: reduce staff pay
Cutting pay could help your law firm remain sustainable, but it has to be done carefully and with extreme sensitivity.
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FeatureEducation and training: learning curve
The profession’s regulators face complex and overlapping challenges in creating a legal education system which shifts the focus from the ‘journey’ to the point of qualification.
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FeatureOffshore: reasons to be cheerful
Offshore financial centres have suffered a reputational bruising and tougher regulation in the aftermath of the 2008 crash. But many law firms have found ways to survive and thrive.
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FeatureHow to: change specialisms
Grania Langdon-Down hears from practitioners who have reshaped their career by moving practice area.
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FeatureRoundtable: pro bono
Austerity Britain has presented lawyers willing to provide pro bono legal advice with severe challenges in accommodating unmet need.
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FeatureChina: a tough market to penetrate
The world’s second-largest economy offers boundless potential. But restrictions on the work of foreign firms are among many obstacles to sharing in China’s success.
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FeatureHow To: be more diverse
We look at what law firms can do – and are doing – to promote diversity and inclusion.
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FeatureCommercial mediation: resolution revolution?
Big claims are made for the merits of commercial mediation, but the pressure is on to show it can deliver.
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FeatureRoundtable: personal injury
The Gazette’s latest roundtable looks at the future of claimant personal injury.
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FeatureHow to: boost your media profile
We consider the value of a media strategy and hiring public relations expertise.
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FeatureHow to: manage your emails
Dealing with and storing emails has been shown to occupy up to half the time of highly-skilled professionals such as lawyers. Roy Russell offers some tips for easing the burden
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FeatureSingapore’s attraction as a hub for western legal expertise creates tensions
Singapore is blessed with political stability and a triple-A rated economy but has an overcrowded and competitive market.
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FeatureHow To: be a COFA
The role of compliance officer for finance and administration remains both underappreciated and imperfectly understood.
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FeatureLaw firms and sustainability: good business sense
Far from being an unnecessary distraction in a difficult market, policies and practices that reduce law firms’ impact on the environment are good for business.
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FeatureInternational Marketplace Conference: report
London is the global hub for legal services and English law remains the law of choice for business transactions worldwide.
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FeaturePrivate client: pitfalls of using will-writing companies
As a solicitor specialising in private client work, I am becoming increasingly frustrated by attacks on my profession by big businesses muscling into the legal arena