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Strength to strength

The Bar must embrace change to strengthen its position in the face of recession and play its part to guarantee the survival of the legal...

Update: health and safety

Zahra Nanji heralds the introduction of sentencing guidelines for corporate manslaughter cases, and reviews a series of decisions which emphasise that responsibility for safety at...

Cut out and sell

Increased competition for criminal work may be no bad thing in itself, but the latest LSC proposals risk treating clients as commodities, says Christopher Kinch...

Moving on

Recent research into the way the courts handle relocation disputes and the impact on the families involved further supports a review of the current approach,...

Clunk, no click

Despite regular invitations to change the law, the courts have repeated that failure to wear a seatbelt will, on its own, rarely be regarded as...

Fresh vision

The regional Bar cannot continue with the current model – it must be prepared to evolve over the next decade if it is to thrive,...

Alice in e-disclosure land

Lawyers have no choice but to become fully conversant with e-disclosure issues: judges expect them to, says Juliette Levy

Kicking out the kick-backs

The Bribery Act was rushed through in the final days of the last Parliament. Now, solicitors should act equally quickly to ensure clients have adequate...