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Negotiation skills can help build client happiness

Lawyers need to be comfortable talking to clients about costs, writes Helen Hamilton-Shaw

'Revenge porn' offence could be more effective

Court reforms necessary to avoid 'salami slicing' justice

Appeal judge laments 'painful loss of institutional knowledge' following years of cuts

Need for evidence causes HMRC to ramp up property raids

New corporate offence of 'failing to prevent' tax evasion could fuel upward trend further, says expert

FTSE 100 firms set aside £31bn as legal bills rise

Companies continue 'heavy investment' in in-house legal and compliance teams

What can the SQE achieve?

Allan Murray-Jones looks ahead to the SRA's October consultation on reforming legal education and training

Male solicitors still better paid than female colleagues

Latham & Watkins and Kirkland & Ellis the big winners as lawyers use their corporate skills to aid grassroots projects

Onward, comrades

Lawyers want a new form of representation, but are those in charge listening to them, asks John van der Luit-Drummond