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Local Law targets convenience stores

New franchise hopes to sign up first law firm next week

Supreme Court backs extension of vicarious liability to sex abuse cases

'Close connection' between Institute and abuse at Catholic children's home

Rocket Lawyer UK launches with 20 panel firms

Full family law and consumer service would be developed next year

Private Client Focus | Sustaining life: the role of intuition in the Court of Protection

With jurisprudence surrounding mental capacity and human rights in its relative infancy, 'is there enough law to outweigh the use of intuition. Zak Golombeck explores the issues

Private Client Focus | Will writing regulation: aiming for the highest standards

Will writing regulation is long overdue, but standards must match those expected of solicitors, says ?Paul Horton

Private Client Focus | Calling time on tax evasion

HMRC's crackdown on offshore tax evasion will mean high penalties for those that don't seek to regularise undisclosed assets, say Charles Gothard and Abigail Nott

Private Client Focus | Challenging care home closures

Despite the vulnerable nature of the elderly, cases against ?care home closures have seen limited success, says Alec Samuels

Slater & Gordon moves in on small personal injury firms

New regime will make it 'very difficult' to maintain independent practices