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Court places limits on insurer's right to recover compensation from drivers

Ian Pennock reflects on ?what is a 'proportionate indemnity' due from an insured victim who allows ?an uninsured driver to drive

Workshop: Commercial law: advising start-ups

Whether your client is the next Facebook or a niche start-up, they could benefit from your advice on alternative funding, says Jonathan Silverman

Lord Neuberger takes over as president of Supreme Court

Court wins power to make pro bono costs orders

Solicitors could learn a lot from greengrocers in Nailsea, says Nick Jervis

Fair costs outcomes and later part 36 offers

The Court of Appeal's decision to allow full cost recovery in a case where a part 36 offer was accepted two years later will have undesirable consequences, says Simon Gibbs

Losing interest: advising clients about claims for interest

The difficulties in estimating the rate which your clients may be able to claim interest should be no barrier to you advising about the option, says Stuart Carsonat

Technology | Why Big Data is a big deal for law firms

As Big Data becomes an all pervasive concept law firms need to review their client data, storage and management systems, says Damian Blackburn

Picking up the IPP pieces

The recent Strasbourg ruling that indeterminate sentences 'breached human rights was not unexpected, yet the ramifications 'for the UK government could be considerable, says Jill Lorimer