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Professional negligence update

Katie Papworth and Sophie Davies review the scope of a solicitor's duty, issues surrounding the termination of a retainer and the practicalities of running a professional negligence claim

Whiplash backlash

Improvements to processes are welcome, but reducing access to justice for accident victims is unacceptable, says Donna Scully

Crisis of confidence: Data protection issues for law firms in the EU

Firms in the EU are at higher risk of incurring penalties for failing to protect client data, warn Andrew Horrocks and Charlotte Worlock of Clyde & Co

Come together

Collaborative law can provide clients with the control and privacy needed to resolve family disputes, says Jane Cowley

Courts without lawyers

Litigants in person don't represent themselves by choice. Mostly they do so either because their claim falls outside the scope of legal aid or because they cannot afford a lawyer or don't regard it as value.

Applying to become an alternative business structure

Three-partner firm John Welch & Stammers was one of the first three organisations to be licensed as an alternative business structure by the SRA last month. New non-lawyer managing partner Bernadette Summers gives her account of the application process

Sound investment: clarifying the rules on capital and income in trusts

From new rules allowing charities to run a more effective total return investment policy to a complete reform of the treatment of capital and income, the Trusts (Capital & Income) Bill will provide much-needed clarification for trustees, says Sonal Shah

HSBC's decision to cut down its conveyancing panel is bad for clients

Solicitors interested in residential property work will undoubtedly be familiar with the ongoing HSBC debacle.