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Ongoing concerns over low number of solicitors applying for silk

Solicitors outside lucrative commercial practice areas still at a disadvantage

Compliance officer 'fundamentally misunderstood' his obligations

Solicitors tribunal increases fine on COFA for failing to report account rules breaches to the regulator

Solicitor QCs: Silk goes to big-ticket commercial litigators

More solicitors and a more diverse picture in latest QC appointments

Civil partnership for only same-sex couples is 'discriminatory'

Private members bill receives cross-party support ahead of Commons debate

New call on parliament to look again at introducing assisted dying laws

Terminally ill patient's lawyer suggests framework for individuals with six months to live

Whiplash reforms: CMCs have 'hijacked' the provision of legal services

PI business is 'disreputable, intrusive, and a matter of embarrassment,' says solicitor

Sundeep Bhatia: 'The diversity journey is far from over'

Law Society's Regulatory Affairs Board chair talks to Jean-Yves Gilg about proving your firm's diversity credentials beyond a mere tick-box exercise

Contractual certainty

Mark Lucas and Alice Hallsworth consider the meaning of the term 'purpose' and the circumstances in which the prescribed mode of acceptance can be waived