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Unleashed | Going private

From slick front of house service to a surgeon checking up on patients in person, there is a lot lawyers can learn from private medical services, says Russell Conway

Last word | DIY SOS

Catherine Burtinshaw is unimpressed by the SRA's do-it-yourself approach to regulation

Sharing responsibilities

The SRA's new compliance processes haven't been universally well received, but Matthew Tasker believes they provide an opportunity to improve practice management

Reluctance and regret over will rectification

We need a judge brave enough to depart from the unfair precedent that does not 'allow the rectification of wills for legal mistake, says Kevin Shannon

Rectification for mistake: the conflict between common law and equity

A lack of clarity persists in the law of rectification as Alec Samuels explains

The mis-information epidemic

Banks may try to treat the 2007 crash as a financial '‘act of god' but, as Joanna Bailie explains, there may 'still be a legal remedy for investors who were not 'adequately advised of the risks

Finding the silver lining in cuts to low value RTA claims

Slashing the fees recoverable in low value RTA claims could help rather than hinder high street firms, believes Simon Gibbs

Horses for courses

Julie Butler discusses agricultural property relief for grazing horses in light of the recent supermarket burger scandal