All Features articles – Page 6
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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.
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FeatureMy London club: reflections on the Garrick row
It matters how accessible elite institutions are.
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FeatureUnfinished business?
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act transformed the criminal justice process. As it turns 40, Catherine Baksi canvasses opinion on whether the legislation is showing its age.
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FeatureA matter of trust
In the second of two features on AI adoption, Joanna Goodman looks at the evolution of the technology’s regulation, as the legal sector learns how and when to trust it.
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FeatureOccupational hazards
Employment lawyers are braced for the reintroduction of fees at a time when tribunals continue to struggle with the volume of claims. Fresh legislative upheaval will also have a profound effect on how they work, writes Catherine Baksi.
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FeatureLook back in anger
It is 50 years since the pub bombings which led to the convictions of the Birmingham Six. Eduardo Reyes revisits episodes that shame the police, lawyers and judges with Chris Mullin, whose campaign exposed a notorious miscarriage of justice.