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Bureaucracy and reduced provider numbers are threatening legal help take-up

The most worrying aspect of the low take-up of legal help is that it could justify scrapping, says Steve Hynes

Felix | Back to basics

It is a jury that decides whether a defendant is guilty or innocent, not politicians or journalists, says Felix

Update | Education: international students and cultural differences

International students dealing with cultural differences are suffering both academically and emotionally in our university system, says Salima Mawji

Ties that bind: Merger integration at global law firms

Ben Rigby goes behind the scenes at two new international law firms to learn how they have tackled merger integration

Editor's letter: Becoming more than the sum of your parts

Manju Manglani considers how managing partners can help their partners to capitalise on the benefits of a merger

Edmonds challenges profession to throw away its regulatory rule books

Legal Services Board chair discusses his master plan for a single legal regulator, the failings of a rule-based approach and his ideas for a Royal College of Advocacy

Spotlight | Sandra Brown

Bridging the gap: moving firms after nearly 30 years is a big step but it was an obvious decision for Sandra Brown, she tells Jennifer Palmer-Violet

Lorraine Studholm Feltham v Freer Bouskell

Heather Viljoen reviews recent case law about professional negligence in will writing