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Principles for an effective seat in international commercial arbitration

CIArb discusses the importance of creating a point of reference for international arbitration and the challenges facing the organisation in future

Summertime tea making

Summer is here and, like many firms, we have been hosting work experience and vacation scheme students for the past few weeks.

Associate Insight: The path to profitability

By Colin S Taylor

Judgment delivered with room service

For every problem there is a solution: this certainly seems to be the mantra of Michael Gove, who recently suggested magistrates' courts travel first class to hotel suites to have hearings.

Court fees need to be revised, £10,000 isn't enough

Punitive increases are tantamount to selling justice like a commodity, says Law Society president

Landlords forego unpaid rent to evict tenants sooner

'They simply don't have the time to go through the potentially lengthy process of recovering unpaid rent'

MoJ downplays significance of legal aid crisis talk

Government department also says their 'position' on court chaos has not changed

Never mind the budget

George Osborne managed to deliver a budget which appears to offer a few giveaways, without actually giving much away