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Business development | Social media is a never-ending story

Issuing a social media policy wont make your firm social, says Julian Summerhayes. For that you need a voice

Update | Professional negligence: the affect of the Big Bang

Will solicitors face an increase in professional negligence claims as a result of the Big Bang, asks Kelly Hughes

Complaints | Changing fee earner

Eleanor Kilner explains why appreciating the relationship between client and fee-earner is key to rectifying where a fee-earner has changed and the client has not been informed

Troubled water: The legal risks of LinkedIn for UK law firms

Do you have a clear view of the risks of social media in the workplace? Anna Gregory examines the key issues under English law

Under wraps: enforcing concealed planning breaches after the Localism Act

One year after their introduction, provisions in the Localism Act allowing local authorities to take enforcement action against concealed planning breaches appear powerless at curbing unlawful building, says Emma Hatfield

Charities | Vanishing act

James Kilby advises on the right course of action when a gift is made to a charity which no longer exists

View from the bench | Be ready for robust case management

District Judge Harold Godwin thinks robust case management will mean a good deal more from judges than rigorously enforcing compliance

Workshop: To renounce or not to renounce

Ashton Davies and Samantha Ewing discuss considerations the professional executor must make when invited to renounce