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Stand-up for the lawyers

What do you call a funny lawyer? Joanna Purkis finds out at Law Smash

QASA: a level playing field?

Court of Appeal dismisses judicial review. John van der Luit-Drummond reports

News in brief: week beginning 6 October 2014

Law Society Excellence Awards, Lamborghini rides and private prosecutions

The 'good' lawyer?

If you work for the Davids, rather than the Goliaths, are you on the right side?

The law on mental health needs clarifying, says QC

Legal scholars to consider criminal defences based on mental disorder on Mental Health Day

Burdensome regulation on law firms can deter innovation, says LSB

SRA's restrictive rules on businesses connected to law firms could be counterproductive, report finds

Cartwright King launches in-house chambers

Industry first designed to rival established barristers' chambers

How useful were PI claim inducements?

An unorthodox marketing experiment shows that PI clients are not the money-grabbing beings the government purports them to be, argues Caroline Sergeant