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Update | Intellectual property/IT: Meltwater, draft EU technology transfer regulation, credit card charges

Susan Singleton examines the Meltwater ruling, the draft EU technology transfer regulation and credit card charges

SRA's chief executive to step down

The 'challenges have been formidable', Townsend says

Solicitors agree not to bid for cut-price contracts

Meetings united in opposition to PCT

Merger mania: The risks of buyer's remorse

By Guy Vincent, Partner, Bircham Dyson Bell

Bar Focus | Known unknowns: the impact of litigants in person

We know to expect a rise in the number of self-represented litigants and stricter adherence to processes post-LASPO but the long-term impacts can only be guessed at. Lucy Reed reports

Bar Focus | Putting differences aside

There is a mutual need for lawyers from each of the professions to work together in these times of unprecedented change, says Maura McGowan QC

Bar Focus | How to adapt and thrive

The Bar is adapting to the new-look legal services sector, says Emma Waddingham. And this is how its done, as a chambers or a law firm

Bar Focus | Public facing: is direct access a threat?

The new rules allowing direct public access to barristers, without instructing a solicitor, does not threaten solicitors position in the market, argues Hannah Kinch