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Racing to beat the accountants

Law firms need to prove their worth to the small business sector before the competition gobbles up the market, writes Mark Stobbs

Team moves: How comfortable is your departure lounge?

Tina Williams undertakes a risk assessment for firms faced with the problem of losing a whole practice area

Battle continues in the fight to reinstate minimum salary for trainees

If not cruel, April was an important - and busy - month for junior legal aid lawyers, writes Emmeli Sundqvist

In discussion: Brexit

With debate over the UK's continuing participation in the European Union hotting up, Solicitors Journal invites its readers to explain which way they are voting come the 23 June referendum. Can they persuade you?

The death knell for non-competes?

The issues raised by the government's consultation on non-compete clauses hindering innovation are more nuanced than might be thought, writes Daniel Oudkerk QC

Lurking in wait

A stamp duty and inheritance tax trap lies in wait for the unaware parent who wants to fund their child's property purchase

Timeshare owners take members club to High Court over 'skimming off' claims

Test case may provoke 'long-overdue shake up in opaque world of timeshare exchange companies', says Edwin Coe litigator

Government should 'think again' on British Bill of Rights, say peers

Constitutional upheaval and damage to the UK's international standing leave Lords committee unconvinced by plans to scrap the Human Rights Act