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Employment update

Sue Ashtiany considers the default retirement age, the new regulations for agency workers, the extended qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims and cases on religious...

Catching up

With growing competition and increasingly complex client situations, solicitors should avoid head-on competition with the new 'Tesco law' entrants and instead stay focused on the...

On guard

The government may be keen for not-for-profit organisations to provide deputyship services, but solicitors' advice will always be needed – particularly in more complicated cases,...

Health check

Clive Bolton number crunches the long-term care funding conundrum

Black hole

Avoid the problems of Court of Protection deputyships with a lasting power of attorney, says Sharon Richardson

Instant liability

Tracey Stretton explores whether social networking data in integrated technologies can be used in litigation proceedings

Changing lanes

William Freivogel discusses how to avoid disqualification on matters as a result of non-lawyers changing firms

Unequal opportunity

Partner Michael Burd of Lewis Silkin explores the requirements and challenges of gender diversity for law firms in Europe