Lawyers

Some in the law are happy with the success of schemes to improve the profession’s role in social mobility. But serious problems remain, junior lawyers tell Eduardo Reyes, including the experience of ‘imposter syndrome’ after qualification. Source link

There has been seismic change towards the acceptance and equality of women in the work place. Significant dates have led the way for later transformational legislation that has changed the lives of women in the UK to the level of ...

ADR, which was for so long the Cinderella of civil litigation and to which so much lip service has been paid for so long, is about to be established as the central feature of all civil litigation in England and ...

Today, it is now widely accepted that the criminal justice system in this country is, to use the words of Mark George QC, facing a ‘perfect storm’. Overzealous governments have produced legislation by the bucketload aimed exclusively at increasing the ...

Measuring the success of marketing initiatives in law firms and barristers’ chambers is notoriously challenging. When a high-value piece of new business comes in, how can you tell what the impetus was? How can you isolate which event, press article, client ...

The challenges and opportunities presented by the new routes to qualification and their role in improving diversity and access are key issues for the Gazette’s roundtable on education and training. Central to the changes will be the new two-stage Solicitors ...

The low down Show Fullscreen Ahead of its introduction, many expected the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to generate a bonanza of work for lawyers. But there was a 13-month wait for the Information Commissioner’s Office to issue its first ...

In these tumultuous times, I am reminded of a quote from Abraham Lincoln. ‘Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be ...

Traditionally the English courts have avoided implying a duty of good faith into commercial agreements, requiring instead that parties expressly impose such a duty. However, we are now seeing a significant shift in judicial attitudes when it comes to contracts ...

THE LOW DOWN Japan’s revival has reignited interest among international law firms in the world’s third-largest economy. Underpinning a sharp rise in cross-border deals and investments is a change in corporate culture, as family owners and founder shareholders give way ...