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SME firms growing despite recession, Law Society survey finds

'Remarkable resilience' of practices in the face of tough conditions

Will 2013 be the year of centralised matter management?

By Oz Benamram, Chief Knowledge Officer, White & Case

LETR report delayed

Weight of evidence means researchers need more time

Editor's blog | Fit for our century

The convention is a living instrument, and needs  individuals to use it if it is to be fit for the 21st century

LeO's new regime begins on February 1

Six years, rather than 12 months, to complain about your solicitor

Planning performance: towards a redefinition 'of localism

Assessing local 'authorities' planning performance under the proposed Growth and Infrastructure Bill will lead 'to political resentment as much as legal confusion, 'says Oliver Wright

Should you advise on the commercial aspects of a transaction?

Solicitors may not have a duty to advise sophisticated clients about the 'commercial aspects of a transaction but the position is not so clear with 'less savvy ones, say Philip Murrin and Tom Pangbourne

View from the bench | To review or not to review

With far more self-represented parents in court come April, ?District Judge Nigel Law discusses when reviews of ?Children Act orders should be granted