The legal profession has been ‘slow to acknowledge’ the climate crisis, writes solicitor David Hunter, despite having the tools to be part of the emergency response. How can lawyers start deploying their skills – before it's too late?

As UK public procurement failures multiply, lawyer David Hunter believes now is the time for social enterprises to demonstrate they can deliver on budget and with a true commitment to social benefit.

It is possible to envisage a contracting model which retains many of the features of a social impact bond, but dispenses with some of the complexity, writes David Hunter of Bates Wells Braithwaite.

David Hunter laments that the emphasis is shifting too much towards meeting investors’ demands, eroding the distinctiveness of social investment.