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The ten commandments 'for legal professionals

Viv Williams explores how to tackle the all-too-informal relationship between regulators and representative bodies and reduce the compliance burden put on firms

From the archive: May 17, 1996

It is like the distant throb of a pneumatic drill or the faint odour which wafts up to my window from the Ouse at low tide. It gradually impinges on the consciousness, until you slowly realise it is there. So the word Internet found its way into my vocabulary, then, like the smell of mud from the river, found its way into my room.

Crowdfunding and compliance: What you need to know

Julia Salasky discusses the regulatory blueprint behind crowdfunding a case in the UK

Top tips for the summer

Pippa Allsop on how to make a lasting impression during a vacation scheme

Has the time come for contingency fees?

Is it time to head straight for contingency fees without passing through the intermediary stage of fixed recoverable costs in non-personal injury work, asks Kerry Underwood

In discussion: Brexit

Last week, when it was reported that the Italian Supreme Court had essentially sanctioned the defence of necessity for an individual who stole food to stave off hunger, I held my breath waiting for the headline hysteria warning our nation of shop keepers to triple lock their sandwich cabinets because the 'Europeans' were authorising daylight foodstuff thievery.

Defendants in person, aliens, and the MoJ Jekyll and Hyde

The Secret Barrister: Injustice waddles hand-in-hand with a lack of legal representation

Let us not become the Trump card

The Queen's Speech did little to support the legal profession while the Human Rights Act dances with devil in limbo, writes John van der Luit-Drummond