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Private Client Focus | Challenging care home closures

Despite the vulnerable nature of the elderly, cases against ?care home closures have seen limited success, says Alec Samuels

Bridge over troubled waters: prenups

Kim Fellowes explains how practitioners and clients alike ?can get the most out of prenuptial agreements

Leading stallions: 11 rules of engagement for equity partner meetings

Vicky Brackett

Accepting responsibility: What being a partner means

Partners need to stop passing the buck and start stepping ?up as leaders, say Rob Lees and August Aquila

Access to justice in the age of austerity

New discussions over the future of legal aid must start ?now if we want to avoid the forthcoming cuts becoming irreversible, says Steve Hynes

Workshop: Late night licensing

Leo Charalambides discusses the impact of the 'EU Services Directive on the costs of late night licensing

Update | Clinical negligence: When medics aren't liable

Jock Mackenzie looks at three recent cases in which judges found medics not liable of negligence and highlights the difficulties faced by claimants in bringing...

Update | Landlord and tenant: Landlord register, longer fixed terms

A landlord register could be the answer to ensure better regulation, while longer fixed terms would give peace of mind to renters, considers Tessa Shepperson