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I recently participated in a lawyer roundtable on wellbeing. It took place within a wider meeting to discuss a range of general issues, not specifically wellbeing, and I was struck by the strong rush of anxieties around work, which was shared by all who were present, often focused around the ...
Single-sex spaces and the limits of ‘inclusion’.
We didn’t need this week’s report on the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to tell us why it has lost its way.
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The global elite’s development of proprietary artificial intelligence tools dominates legal tech headlines, but AI is also transforming law’s mid-market. Joanna Goodman reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion.
Dressing for court has been tricky as the mercury has risen but listings in the Royal Courts of Justice is doing its bit.
No, it isn’t a career change for Richard Hermer KC - yet.
A strength of the English and Welsh bar has always been that it has both prosecuted and defended – and been peripatetic. My life as a CPS agent was comfortable but, from a justice perspective, too static and cosy. I became the bench’s ‘our Mr Morton’.
The obligatory covers band is a staple feature of the after-party at legal awards dos, and this week’s Manchester shindig was no different.
SEND, debt recovery and traffic enforcement identified as risky areas in relation to conduct of litigation and supervision.
Jenny Beck reviews 'Domestic Abuse and the Family Justice System: Law and Practice'.
Joanne Parsons reviews 'The Renters’ Rights Act: A Practical Guide'.
James E Hurford reviews 'Law and healing: A history of a stormy marriage'.
David Pickup reviews 'Owning Up to Mistakes (1st edition)'.
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