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Marketing is not just smoke and mirrors

Just as clients seek the best result from their legal advisers, so law firms should expect marketing initiatives to deliver the same, says David Kirwan

Through the back door

The benefits of alternative routes to qualification must be balanced against the risks posed by unscrupulous firms, warns Pippa Allsop

Leave to pay

With the introduction of shared parental leave, Charmaine Pollock considers when equivalent enhanced pay can lead to indirect discrimination by employers

Privacy injunction involving premier league footballer to be lifted

Emphasis on need for proper evidence when seeking privacy injunctions This story has been updated: Manchester United's Marcos Rojo has been named as the footballer involved in an extra-marital affair

Eleventh-hour reprieve

Despite the government's decision to exempt insolvency litigation within LASPO, it would be premature for practitioners to relax just yet, says Ruth Thurland

No happily ever after

A panel of specialist family mediators should be established to provide more support to abducted children, Professor Marilyn Freeman tells Catherine Baksi

Over and above

Go beyond what is expected by the SRA's Accounts Rules to ensure a clean bill of health in respect of client money, advises Jennifer Martin

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Is it time for the Law Society to step in, or for the LSB to regulate how lawyers describe themselves?