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Government must not sleepwalk into approving Investigatory Powers Bill

The Law Society and Bar Council call for statutory protection of privileged communications

Interpretation and clarity in business

Debbie King discusses recent case law on the courts' approach to share purchase agreements and new measures to enhance transparency in UK business

A time of change

Measures introduced by the Summer Budget and significant case law ?on wills and deputyships mean autumn will be a busy season for ?wealth management practitioners,...

Four ways to improve your seminars

As information becomes more widely available and lawyers more stretched for time, Douglas McPherson advises firms on encouraging seminar attendance

The benefits of hindsight

In light of Canada Square Operations Ltd, claimant solicitors must pay attention to the details in negligence claims, or risk missing limitation deadlines, advises Eleanor...

Litigation 'lite': Shorter and flexible trial schemes

Whiston Bristow and Giles Hutt dissect the latest initiative to enter the High Court, which hopes to stem lengthy commercial disputes

The Minority Report for the business world

Employers wanting to establish a new form of employee monitoring should make sure ?it is data protection compliant first, says Raoul Parekh

Junior Lawyers Division FAQ hopes to raise awareness of equivalent means provision

Surprise over the small number of applications for equivalent means qualification leads junior membership body to release handy guide on route