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Are the Jackson reforms working?

Two years after the implementation of case management and costs budgeting reforms, practitioners still have significant questions, says Claire Green

Montgomery: Upheaval or evolution?

Chris Neale discusses the development of the law on informed consent from Bolam to Montgomery

The SRA is shaking up the use of client accounts

The proposal to use a third-party managed account to hold client money may simply complicate the process and increase the burden on practices, fears Jennifer Martin

Law Society's online conveyancing portal takes off

Eighty anonymous law firms take part in initial launch phase as rest of the market waits for feedback on Veyo

Passing the torch

Guy Abrahams explains how to maximise inheritance tax relief on a family business and simultaneously address the problem of succession

London calling

Demand for commercial property lawyers has relaxed entry requirements and tribunal fees mean employment is more competitive than ever; Paul Warburton discusses these and other recruitment trends in the capital and the South East

Crossing the line

Do we need to redefine the permissible boundaries of freedom of speech, wonders John Hodgson

Dismantling the HRA: No method in the madness

Jocelyn Cockburn and Trudy Morgan struggle to see the sense in scrapping the Human Rights Act