'Residual liberty' and the idea that the extent of deprivation is a relative question sit uncomfortably with the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, says David Hewitt
Partners share discrimination rights with employees, warns Michelle Chance, and firms that ignore this risk high legal costs, reputational damage and even losing their most talented performers
Elizabeth Watts, trainee solicitor at Hempsons, is taking time out of her traineeship to spend two months over the summer at the Yale Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioethics. She will be writing fortnightly posts on her experiences for Solicitors Journal
Chaos at the polls, coalition in the Commons and council charges in the courts – it's been a busy couple of months for local government, say Caraline Johnson and Claire Booth
The Insolvency Amendment Rules 2010 bring in a range of measures designed to modernise insolvency legislation. DJ Andrew Saffman outlines the main changes
