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Costs budgeting survey: profession unconvinced and unprepared

Not only are lawyers unconvinced by the new costs budgeting rules, there are also serious fears that judges will not have the capacity to discharge their new duty as project managers. Jean-Yves Gilg reports on a profession on the verge of a Jackson breakdown

Charities | Should charities propagate extremist views?

Trustees must keep the best interests of their charity ?at heart when considering giving a platform to ?extremist views, says Kenneth Dibble

Workshop: Updated practice on joint ownership

John Bunker reviews the new practice note designed to? mitigate the conflicts associated with joint ownership

Looking ahead: embracing Jackson and helping self-representing litigants

District Judge Richard Chapman believes solicitors who embrace the Jackson reforms will have little to fear in 2013

Rethinking tools: How technology is changing document review

Jérôme Torres Lozano and Todd Mansbridge explore how predictive coding, audio search and other e-disclosure tools are transforming technology-assisted document review

Update | Licensing: Live Music Act 2012, changes to the licensing of taxis and the impact of new case law concering applications

Roy Light examines the Live Music Act 2012, changes to the licensing ?of taxis and the impact of new case law concering licensing applications

Update | Property: recent co-ownership cases and the tightening of service charge consultation requirements

Janet Armstrong-Fox explores the implications of recent cases on co-ownership, the consequences of misleading replies to enquiries, the tightening ?of service charge consultation requirements and the ?implied reservation of easements in sales of parts

Dilnot cap in hand

Lauren Killilea reports on the latest reforms on long-term care funding and other developments affecting older people