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Undertakings: Your bond is your word

Tracey Calvert assesses the distinctions and implications of a solicitors' undertaking.

Courts: The flaws of extended operating hours

Tony Wyatt argues that extended operating hours will have negative consequences for those in the profession.

Whiteboard tools: Why they should be part of the legal toolkit

Jack Shepherd explores how whiteboard tools can be an effective and accessible resource for the legal sector.

Achieving regulatory fairness: a disproportionately slow process?

Gideon Habel argues structural reforms are needed to address overrepresentation within the legal sector.

Solicitors Indemnity Fund: The end of the line with the insurance industry?

Roger Flaxman explores the decline of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund and whether it will be sustained. 

Employee Ownership Trusts: A new company ownership model

Andrew Evans assesses the positives of EOTS as a business ownership model, while warning of potential traps for the unwary. 

A fair share?: s.238 shareholder disputes in Caymans' privatised companies

Paul Madden and Paula Kay consider s.238 disputes on the fair value of shares in privatised companies in the Caymans

Occupational hazard?: Directors' responsibilities for lost litigation

Thomas Bond considers when company directors should foot the bill for lost litigation