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To botox or not to botox?

Botched cosmetic surgery could lead to criminal convictions for the practitioner not to mention compensation claims

Fair price, quality work: attracting SMEs

David Kirwan explains why we need to teach SMEs to judge lawyers on quality rather than cost

Online divorce petitions: a cry for help?

A smaller number of online divorces proceed to a final divorce decree absolute than paper petitions, according to recent figures from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Tech prize fund doubled

The prize money on offer through the Legal Access Challenge fund has been doubled to £500,000 in a drive to provide financial support for more legal tech innovation.

A dangerous assumption

Pippa Allsop asks why the legislators have not kept up with societal changes, when even the prime minister is cohabiting with a partner

Female dynasties: creating role models

Dana Denis-Smith gives an insight into how women have followed their mothers into the law over the last 100 years

Let's be realistic.

David Hodson OBE asks if it's time for a John Cornwell-style code of practice for lawyers' wellbeing in family justice

A PATIENT'S INFORMED CONSENT MUST BE COMPREHENSIVE AND DEMONSTRABLE

A surgeon may be found liable if informed consent cannot be proven even if the surgery itself wasn't negligent, as James Wilson-MacDonald and Nicholas Todd explain