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Beware temptation: Is low-cost volume work right for your law firm?

Taking on low-cost volume work without a suitable business plan may put your whole firm at risk, says Guy Vincent

Pressure gauge: Why your law firm needs stress tests

Stress testing can help you to anticipate and manage threats ?to your firm's financial stability, says Frank Maher

Harnessing great minds: Use neuroscience to improve performance

A basic understanding of neuroscience can transform your lawyers' performance and your effectiveness as a leader, says Jill King

Spotlight | Martyn Gowar

Fifteen minutes and counting: being a private client lawyer is about listening and recalling detail, says Martyn Gowar, who looks back at more than 40 years in practice. He talks to Jennifer Palmer-Violet

Moving in, moving out: will judges allow adverse possession claims based on an offence?

Squatting in a residential property became an offence in September 2012, but it will be up to the courts to determine whether an existing trespasser will be able to acquire title by adverse possession, say Sandra Clarke ?and Mark Pawlowski

Giving immigration lawyers space to breathe

Immigration lawyers want to continue helping vulnerable migrants, but are struggling to see a way forward. Fiona Bawdon reports on a new model ?that could help alleviate pressure

Shifting of the sands at the Legal IT Show

Law firms are finally moving their IT departments into more strategic roles, says Damian Blackburn as he drops in at this year's Legal IT show

View from the bench | Implementing Jackson for the good of clients

Despite the many challenges litigation lawyers face, it remains their responsibility to embrace the forthcoming Jackson rules and interpret them accurately on behalf of clients, says Michael Buckley