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Figures suggest regulator tougher on black and Asian solicitors
Black and Asian solicitors are disproportionately likely to be investigated for regulatory breaches, official figures have revealed
22 December 2020
Forensic Risk Alliance teams up with Kick it Out
Forensic accounting firm Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) is to provide pro bono services to the charity Kick It Out, English football’s equality and inclusion organisation. 
10 December 2020
Work at Bar must be ‘fair’
Bar chair Amanda Pinto QC has criticised ‘shocking discrepancies in pay between male and female barristers’ revealed in Bar Mutual data for the year ending 2019
16 November 2020
Law firms & 2020 social mobility rankings
Several law firms have made it into the top 75 employers in the Social Mobility Foundation’s employer index
16 November 2020
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Patrick Allen & Bahareh Amani highlight the importance of championing diversity & inclusion
11 November 2020 / Patrick Allen
Equal human rights
A Joint Committee on Human Rights report, ‘Black people, racism and human rights’, published this week, has drawn stark conclusions on inequalities in healthcare, criminal justice, immigration and democracy
11 November 2020
Striving for equality in recruitment
Five law firms and recruitment firm Rare have launched an initiative to give black and ethnic minority candidates the same opportunities as their white counterparts when competing for roles
04 November 2020
Challenging race inequality
The Bar Council has published three guides on race inequality at the Bar, as the legal profession marks Black History Month
06 October 2020
NLJ this week: Reflections on slavery
The disturbing story of how the law came to support the trans-Atlantic slave trade is told in NLJ this week
01 October 2020
Working from home—shared care at last? Premium Content
Antonia Felix looks at the impact of lockdown on parents’ working lives
30 September 2020 / Antonia Felix
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Changing faces
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
NLJ this week: Presumption of capacity reaffirmed
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
NLJ this week: Big tech for small firms
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
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