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Patrick McKenna: How new managing partners can avoid being 'blindsided'

Newly-elected managing partners should decline the position if they are not given months to prepare for it, Patrick McKenna tells Manju Manglani

Leigh Day paralegal to make NFL history in front of millions

Farringdon-based wannabe lawyer responsible for picking the fortunes of National Football League teams A London paralegal with a penchant for American football will make history...

Lawyers are more faithful to their roles compared to 2014

Millennials, however, are likely to look for a new role within six months of first job

Young lawyers put access to justice on the political agenda

YLAL to celebrate its 10th anniversary with rallying call to the legal profession and politicians

Burns from scalding: Accidents waiting to happen

The high water temperatures required to control the spread of Legionella bacteria come at the risk of scalding accidents. Richard Hurst discusses the legislation and...

Supreme Court rules on corporate attribution and directors' duties

Decision tightens the net around fraudulent directors and accomplices

A bridge too far?

A deed of variation is a means of redirecting an inheritance so that an oversight can be amended; it is not a tax evasion tool

A ticking time bomb

How can advisers protect their clients' international assets under the spectre of increasing diminished capacity, asks Donna Withers