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'Dragnet' joint enterprise process needs to be reassessed

Changes will increase defendants' understanding of joint enterprise prosecutions

How coaching could help your firm

Businesses are starting to recognise the value of coaching for organisational development and the growth of the individual, both personally and as a resource for the company, writes David Cliff

LSB: More reform needed to build on 'positive' Legal Services Act

Consumers need to be empowered so that their legal needs are met, says 'super regulator' chairman

How will TTIP affect business?

Notwithstanding the Brexit vote, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) may still come to fruition by the end of the year, creating a stronger trade and investment relationship between the world's two biggest economies, the EU and the US.

Surrogacy laws due for reform

Megan Bennie explains why change is needed in the law on single parents in surrogacy agreements

The Hillsborough inquest was a priceless experience

Siobhan Taylor-Ward reflects on the historic verdict and its wider impact on other inquests

Helping Ireland's unmarried mothers tell their stories

Rod Baker hopes that a new pro bono initiative supporting those affected by the Irish Mother and Baby Homes will allow for a comprehensive investigation of a painful chapter in the country's history

The power of the visual

Marco D'Angelo discusses the role of visual imagery in drawing the attention of busy web browsers, communicating complex and nuanced messages, and awakening an emotional response - and how law firms can use it to their advantage in their marketing communications