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How can remote family hearings be improved?

Remote hearings cannot replicate a court room but they do the next best thing, says Emma Nash 

My apologies

Steven Baylis considers whether an Apologies Bill could lead to a decrease in the number of compensation claims

Eight steps to resilience in 2021: Being human

In the second of a two-part feature, Chris Marston says being more human is key in the pursuit of greater resilience 

Payment proposals for criminal lawyers 'favour prosecution'

There are warnings that plans for criminal lawyers to be paid for work done before suspects are charged could tip the scales in favour of the prosecution 

Cohabitation and societal upheaval

There is scope for significant reform to cohabitation law if only we looked to other countries, as Julian Hawkhead explains

Late amendments and jeopardising the trial date

Potential delay to a trial is a key factor for the court when deciding applications to amend statements of case, says Tom Deely

Lawyers' salaries stagnated in 2020

Research reveals lawyers' salaries have stagnated and there was a 4.8% increase in lawyers seeking new work 2020 

Fines for transparency breaches

Ten law firms have been sanctioned by the regulator for breaches of the transparency rules in the first three weeks of 2021