All we know about alternative business structures is that they can take an infinite number of shapes, so is the Solicitors Regulation Authority really equipped to take on the role of frontline regulator? Definitely, head of the ABS team Ann Morgan tells Jean-Yves Gilg
It is time to revise the assumption that adoption is always in the interest of children and take time to assess in each case the best outcome, says Finola Moss
Your client smells, needs emergency assistance to avoid being kicked out of his council flat overnight, and will not say thank you. Russell Conway opens his housing lawyer diary
You may have slightly ODd on the turkey last week and only just started to relax after the excesses of Christmas. Don't. Because if you're like the rest of us at Solicitors Journal, you are probably about to seriously OD on another delicacy: alternative business structures.
Nobody can predict how outcomes-focused regulation will turn out, so, while firms need to prepare, why the doom over the new regulatory framework? asks Mike Scutt
The SRA's guidance on reporting requirements may be unclear at the moment, but firms should still devise their own policy on making reports, says Susanna Heley
