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Embracing predictive 'coding for e-disclosure

Gavin Foggo and Shella Khan discuss two recent cases in which the High Court has stood firm on the use of this technology, and advise...

Going to extremes

If proposed counter-extremism measures are too liberally applied, they will fundamentally undermine the very freedoms that the government hopes to protect, writes Charles Streeten

A claimant 'solicitor's perspective 'on fundamental dishonesty

Following the recent appeal in Nesham, defendant insurers will have to think again before making allegations of fundamental dishonesty against claimants, writes Ghazala Bashey

EMI Group: 'An unwelcome decision

Claudia Orpin and Charlotte Ross consider the impact of the EMI Group case on assignment to a guarantor and discuss two unopposed lease renewal cases

Company data: The full picture for legal professionals

Following the Panama Papers scandal, introduction of the PSC register, and increasingly complex ownership structures, Chris Bull talks to Roger Carson and Wayne Johnson about...

SRA Accounts Rules: 'A welcome change

The proposed overhaul of the Accounts Rules attempts to strike a balance between the administrative burden on firms and the protection of client money, writes...

'Eat what you kill' will not make lockstep extinct

Lockstep agreements offer security and shared success; rather than scrapping them, firms should concentrate on getting them right, advises Mark Briegal

SDLT traps for the unwary

Conor Brindley and Matt O'Brien advise on the fairly innocuous situations that could lead to purchasers paying the new additional rate of stamp duty land...