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Fletchers reveal 'strong revenues' as it works towards Top 100 ambition

North West firm law firm reports 9 per cent rise in revenue during period of reinvestment

Charges and exemptions under the spotlight as FoI commission seeks 'safe space'

Balance to be struck between public access to information and the financial burden from requests

Sensitive leaders: Develop emotional intelligence for change management

Law firm leaders who have emotional intelligence are better able to lead their firms through radical change, says Geetu Bharwaney

British public: Lawyers should come free of charge at least once

New report will make uncomfortable reading for those holding the justice budget's purse strings, says chairman-elect of the Bar

Journey to diversity: How HSF will meet its global diversity targets

Mark Rigotti discusses how Herbert Smith Freehills is going to increase its current proportion of female partners by 50 per cent by 2019  

The Bill of Rights leak shows draft plans are plainly flawed

Replacing ECHR jurisprudence with comparative law is a Ministry of Justice exercise in legal fiction, writes Dr Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos

Proportionality rule is a tough pill to swallow

Following recent case law, costs lawyers are in limbo, not knowing if they will get paid for what they are doing, writes Francis Kendall

The fickle 'hand of fate

Richard Barr contemplates a sliding doors ?moment for two Anglo-American romances ?back in the forties