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1 Dec 2015

Setting up a trust corporation: 'How to compete with ABSs and banks

Arshoo Singh considers how a law firm-owned trust corporation is used ?and weighs up the benefits and disadvantages of creating one

1 Dec 2015

Who regulates 'the unregulated?

The stakes could not be higher for both the SRA and LSB, given the most likely outcome of the government's review of legal regulation is a single regulator, says Stuart Bushell

1 Dec 2015

The court's new flexible dispute resolution options

Pilot schemes from the Rolls Building offer viable challenges to traditional arbitration, writes Sarah Charig

1 Dec 2015

A 'broad, somewhat philosophical question'

Is bridge a sport? An interested public and press wanted the High Court's answer to this question when it decided the English Bridge Union's (EBU) judicial review of Sport England's (SE) refusal to recognise it as a sport.

30 Nov 2015

Government to reduce barriers for ABSs in legal services

Sir Michael Pitt: Lack of independence between regulators and representative bodies is slowing down reforms

30 Nov 2015

Government goes online to shake up conveyancing process

Online only estate agents could hold key to new dawn in real estate sector

30 Nov 2015

US-style plea bargaining system takes off as SFO secures first DPA

High Court approves deferred prosecution agreement against ICBC Standard Bank

30 Nov 2015

Direct access: The impact on barristers, solicitors and clients

Chrissie Lightfoot speaks with barristers and solicitors to determine if direct access helps or hinders them in meeting clients' needs