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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

The risks of over-engineering the SMR for in-house lawyers

Iain Miller discusses the FCA's proposals to widen SMR culpability to a profession bound by professional privilege and overburdened by regulation

Are we under-represented and over-regulated?

Viv Williams: The same body cannot represent and regulate your profession, but just how many regulators should be involved?

A reminder of the use of endeavours clauses

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry, says Celina McGregor