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Solicitors liable for half-million-pound property fraud

Conveyancers have joint responsibility to protect purchaser's money

Who's the daddy?

Carla Ditz revists the law on paternal responsibility and considers the legal implications as regards paternity in cases of twins with different fathers

QOCS gets the John Grisham treatment

Personal injury practitioners should read and use Kerry Underwood's book on QOCS, or they may well lose out, advises Gordon Exall

Law firms target energy sector for fees payoff

UK's top 100 firms adopts sector based business strategy but chambers lag behind

An away game at the tribunal for Mourinho?

As Dr Eva Carneiro prepares to tackle Chelsea FC in the employment tribunal, Nick Wilcox discusses the case and the law relating to unfair dismissal

SRA and SDT's dispute over disciplinary powers

Contradictions abound in the regulator's use of section 43 orders and its powers to impose fines and rebukes on solicitors' employees, writes Susanna Heley

Reaping the returns of risk management

The professional indemnity season may seem comfortably distant, but now is the time to start evaluating your firm's risk profile and bring down its premium, writes Chris Marston

From the archive: 3 April 1964

In 1964, SJ reported on the trial of Jack Ruby and considered the UK and US traditions of counsel