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Brand new world

Consumers may not be tempted yet to buy legal services from the major high street brands, but is the profession doing enough to defend the...

The Osborne book of cuts

As puzzled clients reach for the phone, partners have been scouring the budget small print in search of solutions. Solicitors Journal takes a look at...

Sweet FA

The charities provisions in the new Finance Act are neither fit nor proper, argue Clive Cutbill and Simon Gibb

Packed off

The death of HIPs is just one of many changes that conveyancers should keep an eye on to ensure they remain competitive and keep up...

The power of six

As a raft of eco-powers are given the green light, lawyers need to brush up on the new regulations, say Simon Stuttaford and Michael Barlow

Update: insolvency

Courts are grappling with challenges to the new 'flat pack' bankruptcies, say David Archer and Alan Shenton

Update: clinical negligence

Jock Mackenzie considers three cases on surgical performance and a decision on whether a hospital owed a non-delegable duty

A year in charity

Stone King's charity team reflects on the most significant cases this year, including religious and sexual orientation discrimination, contested legacies and the role of the...