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Opportunities on the 'horizon for law students

A law degree equips students with skills and experience that will be valued by employers far beyond the legal industry, writes Nick Touati

Creating a competitive advantage

Use your people development strategy to run a different race, advises Andrew Hedley

Common Market timetable | The Solicitors' Journal – 25 June 1971

The announcement by the Prime Minister last week of the proposed parliamentary timetable for the debate on British adhesion to the Treaty of Rome indicates very clearly that a decision 'on the merits' is to be postponed to the latest time practicable.

Innovative scheme to help law firms meet Brexit client demands

Tailored approach gives firms opportunity to grow while deferring borrowing costs

Company data: The full picture for legal professionals

Following the Panama Papers scandal, introduction of the PSC register, and increasingly complex ownership structures, Chris Bull talks to Roger Carson and Wayne Johnson about why getting a grip on company data has never been so critical

SRA Accounts Rules: 'A welcome change

The proposed overhaul of the Accounts Rules attempts to strike a balance between the administrative burden on firms and the protection of client money, writes Jennifer Martin

'Eat what you kill' will not make lockstep extinct

Lockstep agreements offer security and shared success; rather than scrapping them, firms should concentrate on getting them right, advises Mark Briegal

SDLT traps for the unwary

Conor Brindley and Matt O'Brien advise on the fairly innocuous situations that could lead to purchasers paying the new additional rate of stamp duty land tax