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Once more unto the breach

Vijay Ganapathy considers the high threshold in common law negligence claims involving dangerous activities and the apportionment of damages for asbestos-related illnesses

Calling time on the Licensing Act?

Jeremy Phillips discusses the recent report of the House of Lords' recommendations on the operation of the 2003 licensing legislation

Lawyers file new application for assisted dying patient

Multiple system atrophy sufferer seeks declaration that assisted suicide ban breaches his human rights

Time to improve the political discourse around personal injury

Lawyers and insurers should lobby the next government together to produce a fairer claims process, writes Qamar Anwar

SQE: Largest training providers back SRA reforms

Apprenticeships seen as potential game changer at profession's entry point

The digital revolution meets Dad's Army

The efficient use of technology in criminal courts presents considerable challenges for defence firms as they seek to train an ageing cohort of criminal practitioners, says Adam Makepeace

The rise of robo-lawyer

Chris Marston explains why law firms, however large or small, can't afford not to invest in new disruptive technologies

Is there a better way than intervention?

Given the significant costs of the current regime, Susanna Heley wonders whether a system akin to administration might be more proportionate