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Summary judgments: 'realistic prospects' revisited

Sophia Purkis sets out the test for a successful application, following the Ticketus ruling

The urge to merge: Increase your chances of success

For many years, commentators have predicted mid-market consolidation in the UK legal sector. That prediction seems to be coming true.

LITIGATION 2014: Costs budgeting, the Mitchell aftermath, and funding challenges

Francesca Kaye questions whether, with the storm clouds gathering over the civil justice system, there is any prospect of achieving fairness in the coming year

Best behaviour: developing good practice in compliance

As compliance roles come to the fore in 2014, Tony Brown assesses how to operate in a new regulatory framework in order to support the...

New year resolutions: Be prepared, organise paperwork, respect deadlines

As I collected my thoughts waiting for my wife in a shopping centre last month, I listened to The Twelve Days of Christmas. I thought...

Road traffic accident update

Careful judgement is required in selecting winter highway cases, Roger Cooper warns

Charity law update

'Register it or risk losing it' is the attitude to take when a charity owns unregistered land, says Stephen Roberts

Rock solid foundations

The Royal Court is not going to decide whether piercing the corporate veil may be applied to foundations. Kathryn Purkis says it cannot be done,...