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Protecting victims during the strike

Solicitors must achieve a balance between protecting against legal aid reforms and providing a voice for the most vulnerable within society, says Jamie-Lee Mooney

We had a contract! We did?

A legally binding contract is not limited to a written document with a signature on the dotted line

SJ Half-Year Review

An update on developments in the law so far this year

Going it alone

Lynn Hitchen discusses the legal process involved in Alder Hey Children's Charity becoming independent of the NHS Trust earlier this year

CBA shown favour by Lord Chancellor over legal aid cuts

'Sadly we did not have the level playing field with his office that our Mr Cross and his friends had,' says LCCSA president

When two become one

The legal process is not a barrier to charity mergers, says Jo Coleman; rather it is the cultural, emotional, and personal issues that lawyers find the most testing

Open dialogue: Technical issues in charity law

The Law Commission's current consultation on charities promises to reduce the administrative burden and remove ambiguities in the law, say Alison Talbot and Charlotte Russell

Chuggers: Nearing the end of the road?

Advances in technology might prove to be the nail in the coffin for charity street collectors, say Darren Hooker and Clive Vergnaud