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Family values: parental alienation

Emma Nash explores how the courts deal with the complex topic of parental alienation

Eade v Hogg: a salutary lesson to all private client lawyers

Reflecting on a recent case, Matthew Duncan reminds us of the paramount importance of accurately recording instructions

SRA draft business plan and budget: access to justice, diversity, inclusion and innovation

The Law Society welcomed the plan but queried how independent an 'internal quality assurance team' for enforcement workstreams can be

Lord Chief Justice: cut jury size to tackle courts backlog

Lord Burnett also suggested the courts' IT system belonged 'in the Science Museum'

Solicitor suspended for two years over accounts failures

The former firm owner was also ordered to pay £12,000 costs

Entity regulation, employment and ethics: getting it right

Gideon Habel reflects on lessons that can be learnt from the case of a trainee dismissed during lockdown

Profession 'eating itself': survey finds clients being encouraged to sue former lawyers

PI solicitors are facing claims based on deductions from damages following Belsner case

Civil procedure revolution: time for the guillotine?

The digital integration of ADR is going shape the future of civil justice, says Tony Guise