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Civil Justice Council proposes fixed costs regime for hearing loss claims

Proposals could bring about a more efficient system but must not restrict work required to allow lawyers to bring a claim, says APIL

No duty on solicitor to challenge client's decision not to pursue a specific head of claim

Jackson LJ slams firm who 'turned client's head' into suing previous solicitors to 'top up' a personal injury award

Retired insolvency practitioner accepts rebuke for latter day failings

Clear regulatory history and undertaking never to work as an insolvency practitioner again was a proportionate way of resolving the issue, says SRA

Gazing into the Brexit crystal ball

Pippa Allsop looks ahead to some of the potential problems facing international families – and family practitioners – when the UK leaves the EU

Feeling (newly) groovy

Richard Barr suggests taking a 1970s attitude to the stresses of dealing with modern-day technology

Tackling the conduct of local authority members

Sandwell shows that English local authorities must comply with the core requirements of the Localism Act 2011, explains Tiffany Cloynes

The hand we've been dealt

Jeremy Phillips considers the latest developments in licensing law, including a government crackdown on illegal working, enforcement actions, and a preview of the Supreme Court's hearing of what constitutes 'cheating' in gambling

Disclosure by another name?

SARs will remain a valuable tool in a litigator's armoury and should be a first port of call in many types of litigation, advises Jason Woodland