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The role of mediation in family disputes | Feature
Monday 18 January to Friday 22 January is family mediation week, organised by the Family Mediation Council to spread the word about the benefits of family mediation. Mediation has an important role within civil justice, particularly within family disputes. In ...
Read More »Criminal law update
Credit for Guilty Plea, allocation of youths, identification by social media and sentencing. Source link
Read More »A year of opportunity – and threats | Feature
Traditionally, this is the time when people make predictions for the year ahead – but in 2021 predictions seem somewhat hollow. Nobody anticipated 2020’s global pandemic, although it has been flagged up as a possibility multiple times in recent decades. ...
Read More »Levelling the playing field
The Equality Act has been in force for over a decade. Has it lived up to expectations? Source link
Read More »SDT decisions and interventions | Feature
Biplab Kumar Poddar Application 12029-2019 Admitted 2011 Hearings 17-18 March, 7-8 September 2020 Reasons 20 October 2020 The SDT ordered that the respondent should be suspended from practice for an indefinite period from 8 September 2020. The respondent had accepted ...
Read More »Brexit: Supplementary Protection Certificates in the UK | Feature
The system of Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) has always straddled EU and national law. While the legal basis for granting them lies in EU Regulations (469/2009 in respect of pharmaceutical and veterinary products, and 1610/96 in respect of plant protection ...
Read More »Law Society spotlight: December Council meeting | Feature
The final Council meeting of 2020 took place on 9 December. Nothing could have prepared us for the events of this year, and yet Law Society CEO Paul Tennant was able to report to Council much success – amid the ...
Read More »We all have it within us to tackle racial inequality in the legal profession | Feature
For law firms, increasing the numbers of black and minority ethnic (BAME) lawyers and ensuring they get the same chances to progress in their careers has been a focus point for some time. In 2020, as the Black Lives Matter ...
Read More »How legal tech can drive economic recovery in the new normal | Feature
From digital adoption to technological innovation Covid-19 has forced us all to embrace many changes to our daily lives. And the legal sector is no exception. From Zoom meetings with clients to virtual courts and remote case work, law firms ...
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