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In the balance
Solicitors Journal

In the balance

The Legal Services Board has performed well so far, but has it done enough to avoid the chop? asks Stuart Bushell
Immigration update
Solicitors Journal

Immigration update

Jane Coker considers several cases highlighting the tensions between domestic and European immigration laws
IT/IP update
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IT/IP update

Susan Singleton reviews database rights, illegal downloading, data protection and private email accounts, and a European case on internet selling bans
Turkeys and Christmas
Solicitors Journal

Turkeys and Christmas

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.
Of mice and clients
Solicitors Journal

Of mice and clients

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
Ultimate loss
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Ultimate loss

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
Known unknowns
Solicitors Journal

Known unknowns

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
Uncommon remedies
Solicitors Journal

Uncommon remedies

The Supreme Court decision refusing a dismissed employee compensation for the way he was sacked provides a further prompt to review the interaction of employment legislation with common law remedies, says Catriona Stirling