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Update | Company: women on boards, funding for SMEs, directors' loans, company names

Debbie King examines changes to women on boards, funding for SMEs, directors' loans and company names

Felix | High noon in the criminal courts

Unlike products that can be manufactured more cheaply, lawyers acting in abuse cases will always have to deal with 'the human side, even where their pay gets cut, says Felix

Regulatory watch | The SRA is always right, and we're always wrong

Susanna Heley has always had concerns about the SRA's approach to solicitors working outside private practice. And despite what it may think, not everyone who disagrees with it is wrong

Petrodel v Prest: achieving fairness in matrimonial disputes through inferences and resulting trusts

The conduct of the husband in Prest v Petrodel was key to the case, says Ann Northover and Spencer Clarke

Case in point | Is consummation a legal oddity?

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill excludes same-'sex marriages from nullification by non-consummation. But does the concept of consummation even have a place in modern society, asks Richard Easton

Do they bear comparison?

Chloe Carpenter looks at the new standards for legal comparison websites

Clients relying on insurance least satisfied by legal work

Will writing top of the satisfaction table, with personal injury bottom

Regional law firms need to sacrifice some of what has been sacred to survive

By Gavin Tyler, Managing Partner, Cripps Harries Hall