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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

Munby and outspoken judges

We expect our judges to be clear, reasonable, and proportionate in their remarks, and not to use the emotionally charged language of newspaper columnists, writes Blair Gibbs

Lord Thomas: Further court closures are 'inevitable'

'It's a question of how radical are we prepared to be'

Decide for yourself

The judgment in CH v A Metropolitan Council demonstrates that before making decisions for a vulnerable person, there is a real obligation to support them to gain capacity where possible, writes Sophia Roper