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Unexpected outcomes: The impact of the Jackson reforms on PI claims and costs

John de Waal QC explores the impact of the Jackson reforms on professional indemnity insurance and claims

Law Society launches 'don't get mugged by an insurer' advertising campaign

Clients encouraged to 'think twice' before accepting first compensation offers

Spending spree

What can happen potentially if a lay deputy does not appreciate or wilfully disregards the limits of their deputyship order authority? Asks Matthew Evans

Illegitimate concern

When trying to identify the nearest relative ?of an illegitimate person, says David Hewitt, ?we shouldn't simply dismiss the father

Art: for love or money?

Is it time to cash in share portfolios in exchange for investing in fine art? Tim Adams and Lynsey Colman review the alternative

Spotlight | Charles Gothard

Opportunity returns: it was rare for Macfarlanes to make a lateral partner hire and Charles Gothard decided it was right to go back, he tells Jennifer Palmer-Violet

Editor's blog | Unrated insurers: the warped Balva economy

You don't need to be one of the 1,300 firms with Balva policies to wonder what on earth the SRA has been doing since the Riga-based insurer was forced into administration after the Latvian financial services regulator withdrew all its operating licences earlier this week.

Tales of the unexpected

When relatives show up to claim their slice of an estate, there ?may be others unaware of the potential inheritance, says Fraser & Fraser