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It's all in the STARs

The SRA Standards and Regulations have arrived and solicitors and firms must be able to justify their decisions if they want to demonstrate compliance, says Tracey Calvert

The ethics of rebellion

Should lawyers exercise their right to protest and risk arrest or uphold the law and compromise their values? asks Emma Walker

No equality of arms

The hostile costs environment is unfair to solicitors facing regulatory investigation and SDT proceedings, says Susanna Heley

Anti-money laundering compliance: the regulator closes in

Firms must take steps to make sure they don't make the headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2020, says Helen Simm

The living and the death: the rise of proprietary estoppel cases

The equitable doctrine of proprietary estoppel is thriving and increasingly relied on by claimants before a promisor's death, as Matthew Duncan explains

Pensions, offsetting and methodologies

The Pension Advisory Group has demystified the treatment of pensions, particularly offsetting pensions against other matrimonial assets, as Grace Lawrence explains

Where's the equity

Equity partners may be seeing big rewards while earning for the firm, but what about on retirement? Kevin Wood explains what equity partners should consider when investing capital in the firm.

Sparking innovation

An innovation board can be an asset to firms seeking to innovate, but first they need to appreciate what innovation really is, says Hélène Russell