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Cloud nine

As cloud computing continues to be the hottest topic of IT conversations, Damian Blackburn traces its origins and considers how it could help law firms...

Unstable ground

Shovelar v Lane demonstrates the risks to executors of litigation, says Joseph Goldsmith

Traveller's checks

The increasingly international nature of private wealth poses more challenges for practitioners, say Saleem Sheikh and James Cohen

Experts and solicitors could be a lot clearer on costs than they would like to admit

Cases often have their own lives but that's no excuse not to have proper case management and realistic budgeting in place, says Mark Solon

Sent to the dungeon

Both consumers and the profession are better off now that the Legal Ombudsman has begun to crack down on those who fail to cooperate with...

Shaky ground

Introducing a new mandatory ground for possession is not an effective way of dealing with anti-social behaviour, say Emily Orme and Sarah Salmon

Vocation, vocation, vocation

Universities this year saw a record drop of 5.2 per cent in applications to study law. Fees have risen at a time when interest in...

False promises

The proposed ban on referral fees is unlikely to bring about the positive changes promised by the government – it will just create hard work...