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Bar Focus | Changing the game

Faced with alternative business structures, downward pressure on fees and rising tensions in chambers, the rules of engagement have changed at the Bar and the time to embrace competition has arrived. Hannah Gannagé-Stewart reports

Bar Focus | Wales: rise of innovative sets

With innovative chambers opening up to provide independent advocacy services, ?the demise of a major Welsh set and the poor health of the local economy ?shouldn't overshadow the potential for growth says Theo Huckle QC

Bar Focus | Embracing purposeful change

However inevitable and relevant, change must not be made to the detriment 'of our professional standards, says Maura McGowan QC

Bar Focus | Simmons creates confusion and uncertainty for claimants

Despite aiming to complete the Jackson jigsaw, new civil litigation cost reforms will make the puzzle more complex, says Nigel Poole QC

Bar Focus | Mediators can work hand-in-hand with barristers

Barristers and mediators 'are soon to be be forced 'into a brave new world '

The ability to choose: KK v CC

CC v KK gives useful guidance on assessing capacity, but highlights the difficulty in proving a deprivation of liberty, says Leonie Hirst

Update | Construction: expert evidence, arbitration proceedings

Anna Stillman considers new guidance on expert evidence and a recent case in the technology and construction court, and questions whether parties can unwittingly become part of an adjudication process

Update: elderly client

Lauren Killilea rounds up the latest developments and key issues for those advising older clients