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Law firms to bolster profits through outsourcing

Costs savings not enough as advantages begin to outweigh risks to legal businesses

Gender 'wars

It is a period of injustice. Equality activists, ?striking from their hidden bases, have won their ?latest victory against the evil gender pay gap. During the ?battle, legislators managed to introduce a mandatory reporting ?rule with enough power to make businesses reconsider their remunerative ?practices. Alice Bowkett races into this week's SJ, custodian of the plans that ?can bring gender equality to the workplace....

Can a spouse's 'bad' behaviour affect a divorce settlement?

Behaviour is rarely deemed relevant to a financial settlement but, when it is, substantial changes can be made without particular justification, writes Claire Reid

E-litigation: Challenges and opportunities ahead

A new IT infrastructure will allow the courts to focus on more proactive case management, reducing the time from case initiation to final determination, writes Jim Leason

What could recent cases mean for the liability of banks to customers?

Janine Alexander and Bronagh Adams set out some of the arguments being considered in claims over the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products

A new relationship 'for medics and lawyers

Can we work with the medical profession to support injured patients and prevent ?poor practice, asks Ed Fletcher

The ever-increasing cost of prosthetic limbs

RA Shepherd and Gordon Wilson discuss the costs and benefits of technological advances in the prosthetics sector

Weathering the storm

Following the Met Offic';s recent announcement that the UK is facing a winter that will rival the major storms of 2013, it is worth looking at how the insurance industry and the government are working to protect homebuyers from flood risk