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Grayling is a headache for the profession

The justice secretary's defeat in the judicial review case brought by the London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association was humiliating.

Hulk QC doesn't like smashing countries

SJ's John van der Luit-Drummond takes diplomatic advice from Barrister Hulk QC

ABSs have changed the partnership game

Natasza Slater discusses why a generation of lawyers are chasing in-house roles and dissembling the partnership driven dream

Disclosing knowledge of knotweed needs to be more transparent

Nic Seal tells SJ what all solicitors should know about Japanese knotweed during the conveyancing process

Firms should voluntarily carry out equal pay audits

Compliance with new equality measures will see defendant firms obliged to display clean reports, explains Crystal Bolton

Quickie divorces unrealistic in heartbreak hotel

Tania Derrett-Smith and Louise Jackson doubt Divorce Hotel's promise of separating after a weekend away

Winn-win situation?

With a prominent personal injury practice now owned by a charitable trust, John van der Luit-Drummond wonders if law firms should be more cautious who invests about who invests in their businesses

Law firm in equal ABS partnership with charity

Aspire to receive 50 per cent of profits to reinvest back into charitable causes