All News focus articles – Page 16
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NewsNews focus: Confusion reigns over whiplash portal
As the news media trumpet the government’s dubious line that PI reforms will cut motor premiums, injured people must grapple with a complex and confusing system for compensation claims
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NewsThe new whiplash portal: Is it ready and will it work?
Experts from across the claimant and defendant sectors give their verdict on the new claims portal.
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NewsNews focus - Bar: ‘no end to justice emergency’
Dire predictions of the bar’s demise may not have come to pass but chambers must address the long-term effects of the pandemic, relating to remote hearings, court backlogs and a pupillage crisis.
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NewsNews focus: Queen’s speech - what solicitors need to know
The Judicial Review Bill dominated professional concerns in the wake of the Queen’s speech, but there were many other measures of interest to the legal profession.
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NewsNews focus: Post Office Horizon scandal - Where weren’t the lawyers?
There are calls for a full, judge-led public inquiry into the Post Office prosecution of former subpostmasters, with many wondering what role lawyers played in this miscarriage of justice.
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NewsNews focus: JR reform backlash intensifies
Government plans to go further than Lord Faulks’ review recommendations face fierce scrutiny from lawyers, with the impact on social care and court jurisdiction under the spotlight.
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News'Shocked' Helena Kennedy QC praises advice service at risk of closure
Human rights barrister set up Waterloo Legal Advice Service 48 years ago.
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NewsListed legal firms bounce back after pandemic pressure
Stockmarket-listed law firms took a hit in the early days of the pandemic but their shares have generally rebounded. Will this embolden others to join them?
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NewsNews focus: Remote resolution – here to stay
How the pandemic has changed the face of joint settlement meetings.
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NewsNews focus: ‘Perverse’ punishments at the bar
Momentum is building for tougher sanctions to be imposed on barristers who commit sexual misconduct. Current trends show a clear inconsistency in sanctions based on offence.
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NewsNew breed of law firm consultancy transforming the market
As the pandemic has shown how remote working can provide major benefits for legal practices, clients and lawyers, the traditional law firm could be facing an existential threat.
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NewsNews focus: Every little helps - FTSE 100 panels and diversity (part 2)
In the second of a two-part investigation, the Gazette discovers how major corporates are pushing their legal firms to increase diversity and inclusion – amid fears that such policies could backfire.
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NewsNews focus: FTSE 100 legal panels under pressure on diversity
In the first of a two-part investigation, the Gazette discovers how the UK’s largest listed companies are pushing their panel firms to embrace diversity.
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NewsNews focus: What the budget means for lawyers
Despite Rishi Sunak’s support for domestic violence programmes, an extension to the SDLT holiday and a boost for legal services innovators, the budget had little to say about justice.
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NewsHome alone too: What’s it like never to have met your colleagues?
An unlucky few have spent months working in new jobs despite never having met their colleagues. What has it been like not even to have seen the water cooler, let alone share a water cooler moment?
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NewsNews focus: Is it time for a common law rewrite of GDPR?
European Commission approval for the ‘adequacy’ status of our data protection laws has been welcomed by the government. But is the UK making the wrong choice of regimes?
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NewsNews focus: Hefty SQE fees fail diversity test
Hopes of removing ‘artificial and unjustifiable’ barriers to the profession have been dealt a blow as costs for the new SQE are unveiled, renewing fears of a two-tier system.
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NewsNews focus: Back to basics on protecting lawyers
Not associating lawyers with their clients is a UN basic principle, but this has not stopped the demonisation of those merely discharging their duties.
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NewsNews focus: How should the family court treat allegations of domestic abuse?
In a landmark case, the Court of Appeal heard from lawyers how the family court should treat allegations of domestic abuse. The appeal court’s ruling is likely to have far-reaching implications.
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NewsNews focus: Are we putting court users in harm’s way?
As HMCTS came under fire last week for insisting that it’s ‘business as usual’ in Covid-hit courts, practitioner groups and trade unions have called for an urgent review of safety.