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Are guideline hourly rates too high?

The Costs Committee review could result in guideline fees being reduced to reflect the post-LASPO environment, says Simon Gibbs

Pensions update

The implementation of automatic enrolment has gone horribly wrong, 'and it's savers who will be penalised, says Jennie Kreser

Renewal jungle: Trends in the US professional liability insurance market

Mid-sized US law firms are struggling to make sense of current trends in professional liability insurance, says Thomas Berman

Barbed benefits: Taxes after the end of transfer pricing

Louis Baker

Richard Williams: Why law firm CEOs should be accountants

Richard Williams tells Manju Manglani why accountants are better suited than lawyers to lead law firms through strategic change

Deprivation of liberty: current approach leaves vulnerable clients with limited protection

Disabled clients have been left with no meaningful right to liberty following the emergence of the 'relative normality' concept and the introduction of an able-bodied...

Gold nuggets: acquiring troubled law firms

A legal services landscape littered with the barely breathing bodies of distressed competitors presents opportunities for well-managed and well-financed firms, says Mark Feeney

Claimant lawyers have won a reprieve over small claims

In an unlikely move, the Ministry of Justice appears to have listened to the concerns of claimant personal injury lawyers, but will this last, asks...