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High performance psychology can help lawyers to learn from failure

By Jo Larbie, HR Director, Bircham Dyson Bell

Technically-minded managers may not be getting the best from their staff

By Gill Graves, Founder, Iridium Consulting

The Bribery Act may be upcoming, but the FCPA is in full swing

By Edward J Kelly, Co-head of Intellectual Property, Siam Premier International

Where does the final guidance on the Bribery Act leave us?

By Nick Benwell, Head of Crime, Fraud & Investigations, Simmons & Simmons

The proposed changes to the 'no win, no fee' system are hugely naïve

By Nicholas Jervis, Founder, Samson Consulting

Regulatory sanctions against solicitors back on the rise

The number of solicitors with conditions on their practising certificates has risen 47 per cent over a year from 148 in the second quarter of 2010 to 218 at the end of the first quarter of 2011, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority's latest quarterly report.

Barristers to play full part in ABS firms

Barristers will be allowed to play a full part in ABS firms, the Bar Standards Board has announced.

Paternal instinct

Employees now have the right to take up to six months' paternity leave, but how will this work in practice? Andreas White investigates