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Update | Pensions: asset-backed funding arrangements

Jennie Kreser and 'Dilini Loku consider 'the rocketing popularity of asset-backed funding arrangements and their potential future downfall

Blackberry crumble: what do developments mean for law firms

Blackberry's cry for help prompts Damian Blackburn to ask what's next for the device once favoured by law firms, and what it means for the...

More for less: The impact of leverage on succession planning

Increases to law firm leverage have boosted profits at the cost ?of lawyer development and retention, says Mike Trotter

Worst shod: does your firm have a partnership agreement?

Firms operating an LLP without a written partnership agreement is surprisingly common, says Andrew Cromby. ?So how can solicitors advise clients when they're ?failing to...

Life in crime | A narrow ambit for dangerous driving

The Supreme Court has raised the bar in respect of strict liability in relation to dangerous driving, and rightly so believes Benjamin Newton

Update | Consumer: impecunious claimants post-Jackson

Geoffrey Simpson-Scott examines impecunious claimants post-Jackson, focusing on buy-to-let mortgage repossessions and credit hire agreements in road traffic accidents

Update | Divorce: responses to the Children and Families Bill

Austin Chessell looks at responses to the Children and Families Bill and asks what it could mean for mediators

European briefing | Balancing act: how will the ECJ resolve grant shopping?

In the conundrum of 'grant shopping', how can the ECJ juggle the free movement of people with financial burden on member states? Paul Stanley reports