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UK law firms choose mergers for growth rather than cost cutting

Fewer firms found to be merging for purely 'defensive' purposes as economy recovers

SJ Expert Witness Supplement

An update on the role of expert witnesses in the law

The changing face of risk for law firms

Richard Brown, Martin Ellis, and Colin Taylor advise firms on managing risk and engaging the right broker to assist in obtaining PI insurance

Standing proud

It is reassuring to know the Bar will, even without a clear mandate, stand shoulder to shoulder alongside their solicitor colleagues

Early inheritance

More and more people are choosing to make lifetime gifts to their families and loved ones, but have the gifts been fully thought through?

Changes to confiscation law: part two

David Winch discusses amendments to confiscation law made by recent legislation, including changes to restraint orders and the new power to make compliance orders

Contending probate

You might think that contesting the validity of a 'homemade' will which overrides a previous will and leaves the entire estate to a new and...

Will its constitution cause Greece to call off the referendum?

Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos on whether the decision to pull out of the Euro is legal