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Barrister partnership aims for ABS status by year end

SRA-regulated barrister-led LDP plans next move as it recruits first silk

ABS countdown | Could ABS catch on outside England and Wales?

The continued recession could well make governments in other jurisdictions forget about their concerns about independence of the legal profession and abandon their opposition ?to alternative business structures, says Stuart Bushell

Update | Judicial review

Gareth Mitchell looks at the likely impact of implementing the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2011 on the funding of judicial review claims

Boutique commercial firm is ABS number ten

Founder is former Browne Jacobson partner

Lord Chief Justice announces ten per cent increase in general damages from 1 April 2013

Increase will apply to personal injury cases, nuisance, defamation and 'all other torts which cause suffering, inconvenience or distress to individuals'

Practitioners need to convince clients of the value of expert advice in advance decisions, says Andrew Cusworth

Before we speed up justice, let's make it efficient

There are some worthwhile ideas in the 'speeding up justic'; white paper, ?but let's consider what we would like to achieve first, says Andrew Church-Taylor

Have you fully worked out which efficiencies best suit your firm and clients?

By Ian Jeffery, Managing Partner, Lewis Silkin