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Practice management | Shifting the balance on residual client accounts

Residual client balances can be time consuming but are the kind of process that technology can help address efficiently and a prime example of how firms can reduce their compliance burden, says Richard Buckle

Practice management | Compliance health check

Compliance-fatigue may ?be setting in after months ?of discussion around the subject, but Jeanette Lucy believes many lawyers are embracing the new regime to the benefit of their practices

Civil conduct | What does Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd mean for Jackson?

??What does the Court of Appeal's recent decision in ?Henry v News Group Newspapers Ltd mean in the run-up ?to Jackson? Sophia Purkis examines the case

Workshop: Investigating title: unregistered land

Unregistered land is becoming increasingly rare, but when dealing with it you will need to investigate title to the property, explains John Coulter

Complaints | The perils of predictive emailing

Eleanor Kilner advises on the remedial and preventative measures firms should take when faced with accidentally emailing the wrong recipient

Addressing attitude is key for business development

Address the attitude of your firm and everything else will fall into place, recommends Julian Summerhayes

Update | Company: new government proposals for SMEs and legitimate business expenditure and situations

Debbie King considers 'new government proposals for SMEs, the definition 'of legitimate business expenditure and situations where a director can be barred from using company funds by a shareholder

Update | Construction: information under an audit clause

Understanding the extent of information that contractors may be expected to produce ?under an audit clause is becoming increasingly important, says Chris Holwell