All Round table articles – Page 4
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Roundtable: small firms
Life outside Big Law is not for the faint-hearted but for those who can carve out a niche and plan for the future, the prospects are good. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
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Roundtable: employment
Employment lawyers are scrambling to advise firms spooked by the prospect of Brexit. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
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Roundtable: litigation funding
Litigation funding is increasingly lauded as a model for modern litigation. But its role in boosting ‘access to justice’ is less clear cut, the Gazette’s latest roundtable heard.
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Roundtable: cybersecurity
As fears of cybercrime and data theft proliferate, how can law firms protect themselves against the scammers?
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Roundtable: Brexit
The latest Gazette roundtable considered varying scenarios for the profession attendant upon leaving the EU.
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Roundtable: solicitor-advocates
The legal system remains loaded against solicitor-advocates, so what needs to change to level the playing field with the bar?
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Roundtable: mediation
Mediation could – and should – be used to resolve many more disputes than it does. What’s holding it back?
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Roundtable: legal IT
Law firms are investing in cutting-edge technology, spurred by cloud computing and the rapid proliferation of tech start-ups.
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Roundtable: diversity
Black, Asian and minority ethnic lawyers continue to experience unequitable outcomes across the legal profession. The Gazette’s latest roundtable heard that concerted action to tackle this is long overdue.
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Roundtable: residential conveyancing
Increased complexity, law reform, demanding clients and market volatility are all front of mind for residential conveyancing solicitors.
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Roundtable: PII
Abolishing the single renewal date helped soften the market for PII, the Gazette’s latest roundtable heard. But a casual approach to risk appraisal and due diligence suggests law firms are storing up trouble.
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Roundtable: Insurance Act 2015
A fundamental change in insurance legislation will give policyholders more power and place risk under renewed scrutiny.
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Roundtable: civil litigation
Litigators are trained to think on their feet – which is just as well, given the recurrent bouts of legislative and procedural reform imposed on them.
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Roundtable: Brexit legal strategy
Anxious business clients are queueing up for advice on the potential implications of a Brexit vote. As the Gazette’s latest roundtable heard, the legal services industry is also gripped by uncertainty.
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Roundtable: junior lawyers
Partnership is not necessarily the ultimate goal for a generation of junior lawyers turned off by stress, risk and internal politics.
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Roundtable: planning for growth
How should law firms grow? Are mergers best or could they even issue 10-year bonds?
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Roundtable: social mobility
How can aspiring solicitors gain a foothold in a profession that is perceived as elitist? And how can legal employers change that perception?
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Roundtable: corporate counsel
Complex supply chains are a developing challenge for corporate counsel in international companies, affecting everything from tackling bribery and corruption to business continuity, hears the latest Gazette roundtable.
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Roundtable: wellbeing
Being a lawyer is stressful and legal workplaces are not renowned for their inclusivity. A Gazette roundtable considered the profession’s mental wellbeing challenges.
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Roundtable: law and regeneration
The regeneration of Birmingham has turned around the fortunes of England’s second city as it seeks to position itself as a global player. What lessons does this hold for the lawyers involved?