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British public: Lawyers should come free of charge at least once

New report will make uncomfortable reading for those holding the justice budget's purse strings, says chairman-elect of the Bar

Journey to diversity: How HSF will meet its global diversity targets

Mark Rigotti discusses how Herbert Smith Freehills is going to increase its current proportion of female partners by 50 per cent by 2019  

The Bill of Rights leak shows draft plans are plainly flawed

Replacing ECHR jurisprudence with comparative law is a Ministry of Justice exercise in legal fiction, writes Dr Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos

Proportionality rule is a tough pill to swallow

Following recent case law, costs lawyers are in limbo, not knowing if they will get paid for what they are doing, writes Francis Kendall

The fickle 'hand of fate

Richard Barr contemplates a sliding doors ?moment for two Anglo-American romances ?back in the forties

Testing discretion

Saara Idelbi discusses the scope of the powers and duties of the domestic and European courts in relation to data protection, and of the bodies responsible for regulating and monitoring healthcare professionals

Not overstating the significance of Tyco

Fortunately for employers, the CJEU ruling does not prescribe ?that employees be paid to travel to and from work, explains Sean Jones QC

Fortune rookie

High-net-worth individuals in Hong Kong are fast appreciating the need to have a robust succession planning strategy in place,reports Patricia Woo