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Redefining membership: The UK's new definition of 'salaried member'

A vast array of fixed-share members of UK LLPs will be caught in the 'salaried member' net under the Finance Bill, says Anne Pritam

Moving feast: how compliance officers' roles are taking shape

With little guidance from the regulator, COLPs and COFAs only have their judgement to determine how they should discharge their duties - until the first disciplinary cases start clarifying the position, says Joanna Kingston-Davies

Diamond and dust: financial stability, the new management touchstone

With growing financial pressure on traditional partnership structures, risk management should be top of the agenda for law firms, but could 2014 also be the year of alternative models, asks Joanne Staphnill

Parry accused of 'smear campaign' against Hudson

Letter sent to local Law Society members hits out at 'unseemly' personal attacks

Guernsey is an important partner for the UK

Research shows how important the Crown Dependencies are to the UK, says Fiona Le Poidevin. If only the media would pass on the good news

Deathly lacuna

Could privacy rights be extended to allow libel claims to protect the reputation of the dead, wonders Richard Easton

'I want accountants to regulate litigation,' Edmonds says

Application to regulate ABSs to be approved by LSB as a 'first step'

Redefining legal skills

The Law Society should prepare itself for the day when it has nothing to do with regulation