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No sense in reserved activities, senior academic says

LSE professor calls for distinction to be drawn between title-based and activity-based regulation

The big picture: The problems with professional liability insurance

Thomas Berman discusses why the US professional liability insurance marketplace has changed little in 20 years

Highway code: investment strategies

Malcolm Smith plots the best route to a successful investment strategy

Editor's blog | Catching the eye of the dragon

Firms eager to attract external capital will have to work harder at showing their potential as businesses

Should a breach of trust be 'serious' to end an agency agreement?

The claim against fashionable shoemaker Crocs by its former UK agents that 'the company wrongly ended their agreement could reinvent the rules on 'termination of an agency relationship, says Stephen Sidkin

Quality street: are accreditation schemes any use?

Accreditation schemes for the legal profession are – in the main – hyped up box-ticking processes doing little to help solicitors on the high street, says Howard Salter

European briefing | Complying with information requirements online

Few would disagree that handing over a letter counts as communicating information, even though the recipient must open it to know about its content, 'so why not consider hyperlinks in the same way, asks Paul Stanley NO

Protecting yourself against vendor fraud

Michelle Garlick