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Challenges and implications of the Autumn Statement

Lawyers will need to ensure local authorities are familiar with their duties on land disposal, increases in council tax, and a number of other requirements in the new year, explains Tiffany Cloynes

Co-sourcing is the new outsourcing

Integrating external and internal resources allows firms to cut costs and deliver services more efficiently without concerns about data security, says Maxine Park

Dispatches from the legal aid front

Jonathan Black reflects on what hasn't been achieved in a year of litigation and protests over the struggling system, and hopes that 2016 is a year of engagement and rebuilding

Same, same but different

Lance Harris considers a recent judgment on commercial agency contracts, which sees the issue of entitlement to indemnity payments or compensation turned on its head

Call for action on Syria

The stories of asylum seekers show the need for a more robust and humane response to the refugee crisis, and highlight the lacuna in the UK's immigration policies, writes Rachel Lau

Changes to reporting requirements

Some solicitors will benefit hugely from the news that the SRA is changing the threshold for the exemption from obtaining an accountant's report, explains Gavin Hooker

Paper-to-digital to take centre stage in 2016

The realisation that paper is costly, risk ridden, and an impediment to collaboration is finally hitting home to organisations in the legal sector.

2015: A good year for contract law?

The direction of travel in commercial contract law has been towards freedom of contract and upholding the actual bargains reached by the parties, says Richard Hayes