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Human touch: emotional clients

Working with emotional clients, by Elizabeth McManus

Tales from practice | Cornish adventures

Richard Barr discovers happiness: it's about being able ?to drive out of second gear

Family business | Family mediation a waste of time

Why is the government so intent on ?forcing people into mediation when this is ?patently not delivering the results, ?asks Marilyn Stowe

Teaching new tricks: How to help lawyers to learn new skills

Jill King discusses how to manage the key barriers to learning and ?help lawyers to develop new skills

Business | Values in practice: Client acquisition basics

When client acquisition gets tough, go back to basics, says Julian Summerhayes

Partners should be protected by whistleblowing legislation

Partners in law firms are no longer business owners in the old-fashioned partnership sense, ?so why not fully protect them against discrimination, asks Paul Daniels

Scope of SDLT charity relief too narrow

A tribunal decision on the scope of SDLT charity relief ?could undermine the potential of joint equity schemes, ?says John Deech

Equity rules can help foreign law understanding

The development of equity rules is a useful comparison to fathom the principles behind foreign laws the English courts are increasingly called on to consider, says Graham Huntley