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Welcome clarity on early guilty pleas

Christopher Gribbin discusses new sentencing guidelines, the recent DPA agreed with Tesco, and the introduction of unexplained wealth orders

Engendering confidence in the child maintenance system

The current 'paper tiger' maintenance scheme has been criticised by Mr Justice Mostyn for failing to support vulnerable receiving parents, explains Philip Hunter

Ten steps towards greater financial stability

Take care of your firm's financial management and your firm will take care of you, advises Martyn Caplan

Cock-up, not conspiracy: preparing budgets and bills

Master Whalan's decision in Jago confirms the need for budgets and bills to be prepared by a costs lawyer, explains Paul Bracewell

Turning over pebbles: when to stop seeking disclosure and make an offer instead

There comes a point when there has to be clear advice to the client that absent any soundly based dispute of fact, the FDR should be the final hearing, urges District Judge Howard Kemp

Data privacy: the countdown to May 2018

Ahead of a shake-up of privacy law, Andrew Pincott summarises what law firms and their clients will all need to consider – and implement – over the next 12 months

Early guilty pleas: as simple as it seems?

A new approach to the guilty plea discount aims to provide more clarity over the rules, but complications may still arise in regulatory incidents, explains Kirsty Finlayson

Trust of land: when to make a Bagum order

Stephen Boyd considers the discretionary power of the court to make orders giving one party the first right to bid under section 14 of TOLATA