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Data protection, client information, and subject access requests

Jonathan Swift QC considers the lines of defence available to firms faced with a subject access request, and whether they should be treated as data...

Rising demand for mental capacity lawyers

Mental capacity law may not be as academically complex as other areas of law, says Floyd Porter, but, in some respects, it is more challenging

The Solicitors Journal Awards 2017 winners revealed

The cream of the crop honoured at SJ's second annual awards evening

Maximising the millennial networking resource

Harnessing Generation Y's expertise in digital interactions can help a firm put a new spin on business development, explains Helen Hamilton-Shaw

Listen to the warning bells

The SDT was kind to a conveyancer who ignored so many red flags and got off with only a moderate fine; others may not be...

Filling the gap: pro bono v legal aid

Lawyers aren't keen on working for free, but they don't want to let vulnerable people go unrepresented either, says Sinead Hayes

How to face the 'new normal'

How can rule-driven and change-resistant lawyers do more with less? Pippa Blakemore reviews Pearson GC Bjarne Tellmann's tips

QOCS and 'mixed claims'

Sophie Khan considers the first case to involve qualified one-way costs shifting in relation to type 3 claims