Rachel Tunnicliffe
Senior Partner
Raworths
Rachel Tunnicliffe is the senior partner and head of trusts, wills and estates at Harrogate-based Raworths. She explains why legal firms should value, and foster, emotional intelligence in lawyers.
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Colum Smith
Chief Vision Officer
Taylor Rose MW
Colum Smith is a legal entrepreneur, high-profile litigator and Chief Vision Officer at Taylor Rose MW, which has just been short-listed as Legal Firm Of The Year. He gives his view on the labour shortages facing the profession.
Rebecca Morrison
Executive Coach
Untangle Happiness
Rebecca Morrison is a lawyer turned executive happiness coach and the author of the best-selling book The Happiness Recipe: A Powerful Guide to Living What Matters. She identifies three common myths surrounding work-related happiness.
Antonio Guillen & Claudia Font
Partners
gunnercooke llp
Antonio Guillen and Claudia Font, both of whom are dual-qualified Spanish lawyers and English solicitors, operate gunnercooke’s Spanish Desk. They explain the impact of Brexit, and its associated red tape, on their practice.
Will Kintish
Networking Skills Presenter & Trainer
Kintish
Will Kintish is leading UK authority on effective and confident networking, both face-to-face and online. He sets out his tips for successful networking in the year ahead.
Catherine Brown
Founder of
Skilful Conversation
Barrister turned coach and trainer Catherine Brown identifies the areas in which lawyers commonly fail to communicate clearly, and suggests a number of ways they can avoid confusing their clients.
Rachel Sharp
Clinical Negligence and Serious Injury Associate
Ramsdens Solicitors
Rachel Sharp, who specialises in serious clinical negligence and catastrophic injury cases, explains importance of taking a client-centric approach to holistic care for those involved in personal injury cases.
Alastair Frew
Partner & Head of the Business Property Team
Lodders Solicitors
Alastair Frew, Partner in the Real Estate practice at Lodders Solicitors, reviews the background to Right to Roam, its impact on landowners and countryside walkers, and what changes the government may have in its sights.
Daniel Stern
Partner & Head of Property Litigation
Slater Heelis
After attempts to amend the Fire Safety Bill failed, and the bill passed into law, liability for remedial work on apartment buildings with unsafe cladding remains with leaseholders. Daniel Stern proposes a possible solution.
James Cook
Partner and Head of Planning
Blacks Solicitors
James Cook, partner and head of planning at Leeds-headquartered Blacks Solicitors, shares his thoughts on how recent planning changes will impact on our towns and cities as we begin to ease out of lockdown and move to a post-Covid world.
Lorna Jack
Chief Executive
Law Society of Scotland
Lorna Jack, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland, explains how her organisation has adapted through the pandemic to shape policy and support the nation’s legal sector.
David Jones
Executive Partner & Head of Litigation
Glaisyers Solicitors
The Head of Glaisyers’ Legal 500-listed Litigation practice predicts a future driven by technology, Brexit and the unwinding of government coronavirus measures.
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