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Mark Ross: How LPO providers will form ABSs with global law firms

LPO providers are getting ready to form alternative business structures with global law firms. Manju Manglani speaks with Integreon's Mark Ross about the impact this will have on law firms' margins

Back to basics: Why your firm needs to focus again on basic financial management

A greater focus on basic financial management principles can increase firm profitability, says Robin Dicks

Lessen the burden

Asking judges for help with trust administration may be a last resort, but Jersey's Court of Appeal provides helpful guidance, says Nick Williams

Outside edge

For settlors and former Canadian residents, there is a window of opportunity for creating trusts, says Robert L Reymond

Walking dead: The deadly symptoms of zombie law firms

Guy Vincent looks at why some law firms have become members of the walking dead and reveals the deadly symptoms to watch out for

Break up, make up: a family system fit for the 21st century

As changes to legal aid are implemented and the modernisation of the family courts gets under way, family law practitioner group Resolution mark a momentous year in more ways than one. Emily Bater visits Resolutions 25th annual conference and speaks to chair Liz Edwards

Good housekeeping

Gathering careful evidence and ensuring everything is in order about gifts and loans is essential to realise tax planning potential for farmers, says Julie Butler

For the attack

Major changes in the way civil litigation will be funded took effect on 1 April 2013, as the reforms proposed in Lord Justice Jackson's final Review on Civil Litigation Costs are rolled out across England and Wales. The reforms, and in particular