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Law Commission proposes to end big divorce awards after short marriages

Property acquired before marriage or inherited after would no longer be shared

Firm converts to ABS to attract buyers

Niche firm not interested in external investment but open to offers of purchase

New team at MoJ announces first rethink

Rethink on proposals to cut minor criminal compensation payments

Life after managing partner: All by myself

By Michael Shaw, Consultant and Former Managing Partner, Cobbetts

Litigation focus | Broader funding opportunities: introducing damages-based agreements

Graham Huntley discusses the potential impact of damages-based agreements as we approach their roll out across all types of civil litigation

Litigation focus | Investment culture: The future of third-party funding

Venture capitalists remain interested in high-value litigation but is there an ?emerging market for funding smaller cases? Nick Rowles-Davies reports

Litigation focus | A guiding hand: how to handle the rise in self-represented litigants

District Judge Tim Jenkins considers recent attempts by the courts, lawyers and other professionals to mitigate ?the risks associated with ?the sharp rise in self-represented litigants

Litigation focus | Keeping it in proportion: Accepting the repercussions of the new costs regime

The new costs regime may not appeal to everyone but, as Iain Stark explains, it's on its way and for clients, it can't come soon enough