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September 2019

Automated driving – what's coming down the road?
How is the Law Commissions' groundbreaking joint project on automated vehicles progressing? This article outlines the public responses to the first of their consultations, and what to expect next
Put it to the panel?
Professional negligence claims are complex, yet little use is being made of the Society's Pursuers' Panel, set up to help clients alleging negligence by a solicitor. Some panel members discuss why
Rules and boundaries
Regulatory Committee convener Craig Cathcart tells of how he regards the committee’s independence, his desire for a better consumer focus – and his efforts to keep the body of practice rules in check
Too much for one person: the GC role today
A general counsel and keynote speaker at the Society’s annual conference previews his talk by outlining the highly complex role of today's GC, and the importance of building an outstanding legal team
Are you commercially aware?
An author on the subject offers some guidance for young lawyers on the need for commercial awareness, the facets it contains and the types of knowledge and skills it may require
https://lawware.co.uk/

Regulars

  • Opinion: Archie Miller
  • Book reviews: Sept 19
  • Profile: Ken Dalling
  • President: Sept19
  • People: Sept '19

Features

  • Automated driving
  • Professional negligence
  • Interview: Rules and boundaries
  • Conference preview
  • Commercial awareness
  • Civil justice
  • Justice agenda

Briefings

  • Civil Court briefing
  • Corporate: Cookies
  • Intellectual property
  • Agriculture
  • SSDT - Sept 19
  • Branching (is) out
  • Two heads better than one

In practice

  • Putting recruitment in context
  • OPG update: Sept 19
  • Street Law goes global
  • Council Members
  • SPA Update
  • Accredited paralegal roundup
  • Broadening horizons, creating opportunities
  • Practising rights and Brexit: a timely update
  • Dabbling: a cautionary tale
  • The cost of peace at any price

In this issue

  • Time recording in the workplace
  • Let the adjudication proceed
  • Intestacy reform lessons from North America
  • Development and protected settings
  • Reading for pleasure - Sept '19
  • Insight: Success embraces change
  • Ask Ash: Sept 19
  • A very British non-coup

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