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Counting the cost

Lyssa Barber considers the impact on the investment industry of the retail distribution review

Referral fees ban welcomed by most

'Knee-jerk reaction' will push fees underground, APIL predicts

Lycra life

Readers of this column may recall my initial displeasure in commuting on the London Underground. Although we are still waiting for the predicted Indian summer, the London eco-system appears to have a disproportionate and overwhelming effect on the Victoria line (the light blue one). What was in the spring an insulated capsule of tightly packed, occasionally infected city workers, in the summer months it becomes an overheated mass of confused tourists, tetchy children and overheated employees.

High Court spares parish council from axe

Ruling 'the first of its kind'

SRA attacked from all sides over ABS delay

External capital 'cannot wait three or four months', Pannone partner says

Raising the bar

Radical proposals to raise the small claims threshold and introduce compulsory mediation appear to simplify the system and save parties money, but do they hold up to closer scrutiny? Ben Ashworth investigates

Recovery position

Concerns are mounting over the proposal to ban the recoverability of ATE premiums, but it may not be as damaging as its critics say, argues Tim Roberts

Compare the market

How will a non-recoverable regime affect the before and after-the-event insurance markets? Helen Smith reports