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Countdown to launch: Merging marketing on a tight deadline

Jeff Berardi and Debra Woodman reveal how they integrated their firms' marketing functions on a tight merger deadline

Is the sun setting on our regulatory way of life?

If the responses on a single regulator from the SRA and Law Society are anything to go by yet more change is on the horizon,...

Cohabitation reform is a divisive issue

While cohabitation rights may not be a vote winner, it is a priority for family practitioners and must be addressed, says Julia Thackray

Case in point | A once powerful weapon

Richard Easton looks at the legacy of notorious French 'advocate Jacques Vergès and his défense de rupture

Riding on Slaters' coat-tails

For most high street firms, £1m is a lot of money. Well over their average annual turnover. But £1m is what Slater & Gordon are...

Chancel repair: the risk lives on

Instead of abolishing chancel repair liability law, parliament has chosen to perpetuate the risk for homebuyers and their lawyers, says Liverpool solicitor Daphne Bridson

Every penny counts

Why do firms insist on wasting money, asks Martyn Brown

Standing out: how to make your mark as a virtual lawyer

After ten years as a solicitor in a real-life office, Mike Scutt has stepped into the virtual world. With his head in the Cloud and...