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The picture is rosy: Corporate recruitment trends in the West Midlands

Client demand for lower charge-out rates, entrance of two of the Big Four into the market, and a dearth of talent at mid-level make placing lawyers in Birmingham an interesting task, writes Nick Fear

Six lucky lawyers and the legal awards show

Win an #SJGoldenTicket to attend the Solicitors Journal Awards for free

Human rights round-up

Dr Helen O'Nions considers significant decisions on the bedroom tax, the detained fast track for asylum seekers, and the conduct of British military personnel overseas

How much should a lawyer charge?

Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC on how billable hours worth thousands of pounds are far removed from the Bar, where direct access and new fee models are changing the client landscape

RNRB: Coping with downsizing

John Bunker advises on helping clients to anticipate future residence nil-rate band claims

To deduct or not to deduct

In low-value claims, far too many claimant solicitors are failing to appreciate that they cannot deduct an amount representing 25 per cent of a child's damages as of right, ?writes Judge Marshall Phillips 

Cost budgeting reforms: 'The good and the bad

While the proposal for an agreed budget discussion form is a positive step, Francis Kendall is wary about the 21-day period for budgets to be filed and exchanged

Cloud computing for law firms

Cloud-based systems contain some traps for the unwary, but these can be avoided with good judgement and good management, explains Damian Blackburn