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The cat and the law firm: the purr-fect advantage

Dr Bob Murray shares how an uninvited cat calmed a firm's clients – and brought a managing partner to his knees

Random coffee with strangers

Hélène Russell explains the importance of diversity for innovation and offers five simple suggestions for improving diversity in everyday learning activities

Close protection

Alec Samuels considers the abuse of prepayments and deposits and how consumers should be protected

Crypto Revolution or Evoluyton?

Is it time for law firms to take payment in cryptocurrencies alongside hard cash? Catherine Baksi reports

Trends: Key Issues Affecting key Witness Integrity

Mark Solon takes us through the results of the most recent Annual Expert Witness Survey to discover how the profession is still occasionally falling foul of inappropriate or dishonest witnesses

A Matter of Duty

Dr Jock Mackenzie highlights key clinical negligence cases from the past year

Friend of Foe?

Savage legal aid cuts have opened the door to a booming industry of paid McKenzie friends, but at what cost to clients? Rachel Rothwell reports

People Powered

Pannone Corporate senior partner Paul Jonson describes the firm's journey out of a regional powerhouse and into an ambitious, entrepreneurial start-up