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Honest rogues: The 'mainly honest' lawyers who put your firm at risk

Francis Dingwall, Frank Maher and Sue Mawdsley discuss how to identify 'mainly honest' lawyers who push the boundaries of acceptable risk

Demystifying compliance: Tips to identify and tackle material breaches

Nick Fluck considers how law firms in the UK should define, record and report 'material' breaches to the Solicitors Regulation Authority

False reporting is a threat to justice

Ill-informed and poorly researched media reports undermine the valuable role experts play in family proceedings, says Dr Julia Brophy

Successful outcomes at proportional cost

Richard Formby considers the flexible use of accounting expertise in the? post-Jackson landscape

Making the solicitor-expert witness relationship work

Solicitor Catherine Leech and expert witness Robert Sells consider how to forge a fruitful partnership in an increasingly unfavourable environment

Cinderella law is not the answer

The proposed new legislation to protect children from emotional abuse may cause more problems than it solves, says Graham Rogers

Timetabling in the wake of Jackson and Mitchell

Experts are cherry picking cases and building slack into their timetables as the reforms intended to reduce waste and costs threaten to have the opposite...

Tone at the top: How partners should manage risks in law firms

Partners are failing to take responsibility for risk management in law firms, a Managing Partner survey has found. Manju Manglani reports.