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On the farm

Farming divorces typically involve complex business ownership structures and require special care, as Laura Martin explains

Without walls

Contemporary virtual firms founded on ethical principles or other unique selling points, and not price alone, are proving surprisingly successful. Nicola Laver reports

Fighting the good fight

Gordon Dalyell's 20-year commitment to injured people saw him become president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers this year. He explains what brought him to this point and why it matters

The right kind of lawyer

Nicola Laver asks, is there a right or wrong kind of person to be a solicitor?

Mindset and legacy

Niche requires a different mindset to working in the bigger firms, says William Franklin

SQE: costly discrimination

The JLD supports the concept of the SQE but is yet to be convinced that it will create a fair playing field for all, says James Kitching

Provocation and coercive control: the Challen case

In the week that Sally Challen told her own story for the first time, Jessica Maguire explores the perception of coercive control in the current justice system

A matter of intention

Mark Reading and Isabel Lich analyse the first application of the Franses conditional intention test for landlords in the context of telecommunications