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Valuing diversity increasingly important for lawyers

UK Diversity Legal Awards enters seventh year as profession strives for greater inclusion

Munby backs 'innovative' settlement processes for care cases

Family lawyers are broadly supportive of the principle but remain concerned

Lawyers baulk at government plans to sanction 'tax avoidance enablers'

Retrospective measures are defined too broadly and could ensnare legal advisers, warn experts

'Glamping': A trade or furnished holiday accommodation

With the rise of glamorous camping, Julie Butler considers the tax efficiency of farm diversification

Jackson's legacy on the insurance market

Today's ATE policies are now gold medal standard, helping clients properly resource and budget their cases, argues Steve Jones

Lawyers must do more to signpost watchdog's complaint procedure

Clients are losing their chance to rectify poor service because they don't know where to go, says LeO

Caught on camera: Judges, trials, and videotapes

A new pilot scheme sees judges' sentencing remarks filmed for the first time to test the viability of cameras in court. Gus Sellitto examines the effect this could have on the administration of justice

How a Tasmanian court applied a UK ruling on future care costs

A landmark case could set the precedent for UK citizens claiming overseas, explains Peter Rigby