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Liberty, compliance, and discipline in 2017

Jean-Yves Gilg predicts a busy year ahead for private client practitioners and for law firms generally as they adapt to the new competence regime

Could Moneyball data predict the Supreme Court decision in Miller?

New technology may allow lawyers to analyse how a judge will most likely decide a case

PI practices brace for change

Lawyers hope marketplace reforms in 2017 aren't 'done deals', despite evidence to the contrary

CMA: Lawyers must be more transparent on quality and costs

Law Society 'astonished' by watchdog's report as SRA renews call for independent regulation

The family law protocol 15 years on

With increasing numbers of family litigants in person, it remains a mystery to Tony Roe why the Law Society's family law protocol is not free and wholly available online

Beware 'excessive' ground rent clauses, conveyancers told

Trade body calls for leasehold reform as Law Commission considers review

Capacity, the golden rule, and execution of wills

Poole v Everall provides a stark reminder of the court's preferences when considering whether or not to affirm a will, write Emily Exton and Marina Griggs

Leveson and the power of the press

By failing to follow the recommendations of the Leveson inquiry and launching tabloid attacks on the judiciary, the press is undermining the rule of law, writes Steven Heffer