Why become a B Corp?
People, profit, planet, purpose.
Decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
Reaching a tipping point
In-house ethics.
Building better
Economic and ecological challenges have combined to focus attention on the perceived shortcomings of 70-year-old landlord and tenant legislation. Maria Shahid reports on how this is affecting the commercial property market and the litigators who work in it.
Wolverhampton: potential application to fraud?
Civil litigation.
Bar to progress
Social mobility remains the Cinderella of the diversity and inclusion industry.
‘Tell, don’t ask’: how in-house lawyers should treat their employers
In-house lawyers must defy their law school training when it comes to behaving as leaders.
Reflections on the KlimaSeniorinnen climate change case
We can decide to be agitated about a ruling from an international court, but it seems pointless - the direction of travel regarding climate change is clear.
Should litigation funding fees be recoverable?
Change is clearly on the way for the sector, but this does not necessarily mean bad news for litigation funders.
Best of the blogs - 13 April 2024
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
News focus
Does £250 cut it? Picking up the pieces from the SQE1 marking debacle
Kaplan and the SRA have told 175 aspiring solicitors who ‘failed’ SQE1 that they actually passed. An apology and £250 are on offer to candidates who saw their futures in law apparently wiped away.
How to: Plan for retirement
When it comes to hanging up their PC after decades of grafting for clients, many lawyers are surprisingly ill-prepared. Maria Shahid looks at the dos and don’ts of ‘lexit’.
Clinical Negligence (6th edition)
by Michael Powers KC and Anthony Barton.
Governing Cross-Border Data Flows
Governing Cross-Border Data Flows: Reconciling EU Data Protection and International Trade Law by Svetlana Yakovleva.
The Many Paths of Change in International Law
Edited by Nico Krisch & Ezgi Yildiz.
The Law of Loyalty
by Lionel Smith.
Profitability in Law Firms – Insight and Analysis
Edited by Alex Davies.