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The dark side of the MoJ

Purdah has allowed the government to implement new guidance and charges in a way that Niccolò Machiavelli would be proud of

Owning social media data

Andy Williams and Emily Chalkley consider steps employers should take to protect the client contact details contained in employees' social media accounts

Unreasonable costs

Sue Nash considers recent decisions on reducing disproportionate costs budgets and what this will mean for estimating future costs

Cannibalism in the legal sector

Firms are preying on each other as the number of opportunistic claims for under-settlement of a previous case increases, says Chris Neale

Pensions panic opens old wounds

Dilini Loku considers the recent decision on IBM's closure of its defined benefit pension schemes and what this means for employers

Conveyancers optimistic about Veyo

Portal promises quicker property transactions

Wishing away

Richard McDermott and Adam Carvalho discuss recent estate planning case law, including an undisclosed lifetime gift, proprietary estoppel, and will drafting

Removing the shackles

New sentencing guidelines mean that nothing is off limits for magistrates in health and safety cases, advises Peter James