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New cost budgeting rules will change the perception of 'reasonableness'

Budgeting requirements coming into force next year will bring about ?much-needed downward pressure on costs, says Simon Gibbs

Update | Environment: Protection of open spaces

The decision of the Court of Appeal in Barkas leaves a gap in the law that makes other means of protecting open spaces necessary, says Adrienne Copithorne

Repackaging knowledge: Using KM to win new business

Paul Byfield discusses how KM can be used as a tool to market your firm's skills and expertise to clients

Driving change: How to develop a genuine client focus

Ash Coleman-Smith explores the pressures on clients and ?what law firms can do to alleviate them

Update | Employment: Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

Sue Ashtiany reviews the new procedures and compensation rules to be introduced by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

Sharpening up: top tips for drafting

Top tips for drafting, by Morven McMillan

Design for living: what is a 'house'?

The Supreme Court decision in Hosebay closes a major loophole in enfranchisement law but it is not the final word on what constitutes a 'hous';, says Natasha Rees

Update | Wealth management: resident, residential property transactions and capital gains tax

Fiona Poole considers government consultations defining the meaning of 'resident', residential property transactions and capital gains tax, and asks how struggling practitioners can best ?advise clients