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Law Society backs calls for post-Brexit security cooperation

Government pledges new security, law enforcement, and criminal justice partnership with EU

Law Society offers pro bono support after terror attack

'We will be here whenever and for as long as we are needed,' says Joe Egan

Charity laws 'inefficient and unduly complex'

Technicalities causing a drag on the smooth operation of charities 'like barnacles on a boat'

A compensation culture for Scotland?

Changes to the rules on costs in Scottish PI claims may have unintended consequences, warns Andrew Lothian

Man's (and clients') best friend

Having a dog on the team is the best way to humanise a solicitors' firm and comfort anxious clients, as Russell Conway has learned

Reaching new heights

Richard Mumford explains that only by having a truly in-depth knowledge of a client's market, and really understanding their business and commercial objectives, can a regional firm hope to attract big ticket work away from the City. John van der Luit-Drummond reports

From little acorn to mighty oak

Shulmans' values help it maintain a strong regional presence, says managing partner Tim Halstead. Matthew Rogers reports

Unreported but not unimportant

Nearly 80 per cent of higher court cases have gone unreported. How many potentially important precedents were ignored, wonders Masoud Gerami