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Leading light

There is a difference between management and leadership, and collaboration is key to realising a corporate vision, says Geraint Jones

Is there scope for 'reasonable adjustment' in religious discrimination law?

The right to hold a religious belief cannot be a trump 'card against other conflicting individual rights, argue Katherine Apps and John Bowers QC as they seek to 'map out the future direction of discrimination law

Judicial sympathy: achieving just outcomes in contested probate cases

Recent wills and probate cases are a reminder to litigants that judges will seek to achieve outcomes that are not only correct in law but also just, says Monika Bar

A lower claims limit will penalise most genuine whiplash claimants

The debate over the cost of whiplash claims is based on unreliable figures and tainted by conflicts of interest, says Philip Waters

Update | Environment: Amendments to the civil procedure rules and the Aarhus Convention

Amendments to the civil procedure rules fail to give proper effect to provisions in the Aarhus convention on guaranteed access to justice in environmental cases, says Adrienne Copithorne

Management | Technology : Think before you buy

Your CRM software is unlikely to solve your client relations issues if you don't identify precisely what these are and how you want to use the system, warns Damian Blackburn

Workshop: Commmercial: Advising clients offered equity in a business

Most clients will be enthusiastic about being offered equity in a business; you role as their adviser is to make sure this is not a poisoned chalice, says Jonathan Silverman

Update | Clinical negligence: Want of care, loss of chance and late test results

Jock Mackenzie reviews clinical ?negligence cases involving want of care, ?judge's assessment methodology, loss of ?a chance, and liability for late test results