All News blog articles – Page 18
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Relieving the tension in-house
A new report exposes the frustrations that arise in dealings between in-house lawyers and corporate executives.
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Freshfields move could start London exodus
Northern powerhouses such as Leeds and Manchester are increasingly attractive to graduates. London should beware.
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Sales are for vanity, profits for sanity
Crude revenue numbers don’t tell us much about a law firm’s performance.
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Jackson’s escape route comes at a heavy cost
Costs management reforms are far from perfect, but watering them down is surely the worst solution.
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Let’s welcome Dominic Raab
‘What rights would you abolish?’ is no longer good enough for challenging the government.
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Courts confused on CFAs
Errors in conditional fee agreements have been met with a conflicting approach from the courts.
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Solicitors and the spirit of VE Day
For the profession, VE Day marked one step on the return to normality.
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Law should protect, not curtail, freedom of speech
Society of Asian Lawyers hosts lively debate on right to cause religious offence.
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Moves afoot on rehab
Rehabilitation doesn’t get written about much. But new guidance aims to help claimant lawyers and insurers.
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Time for insurers to lose fraud rhetoric
All sides should be praised for working together on releasing claimant data – now they each have a new responsibility.
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Supporting witnesses in The Hague
Victims appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia can get help from the tribunal’s witness support section.
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Wot no Magna Carta? Shakespeare’s King John
Shakespeare’s King John doesn’t feature Magna Carta – but the play’s drama revolves around justice, legitimacy, arbitration and mediation.
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A solicitor at Gallipoli
The Gazette is fortunate to have a lawyer’s first-hand account of serving in the Great War’s most controversial campaign.
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The solicitor brand is still irresistible
The profession is at a crossroads – but talented young people still want to join the party.
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Championing blame-free divorce
Removing the need for one party to take responsibility for marriage breakdown would make divorce more harmonious.
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Google is the wrong target
History suggests that anti-trust action is the wrong way to promote innovation in IT.
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Undoing Magna Carta
New court fees leave decisions on the burden of proof at risk of being secondary to whether defendants can afford to plead not guilty.
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Students providing justice?
Is it inappropriate for the legal system to come to depend at least in part on student work?
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Change is afoot on the bench
Lawyers with no judicial experience given a route to the High Court – a controversial but bold move.