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Judges to hear applications to withdraw life-sustaining treatment in public

Cases concerned with the withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment from patients in a minimally conscious or vegetative state should all be heard by the Court of...

Appeal judges criticise Judge Gilbart's riot sentencing

The Court of Appeal has criticised the approach to the sentencing of rioters taken by Judge Andrew Gilbart, the Recorder of Manchester.

Mosley to fight on for prior-notification requirement

Max Mosley will continue to push for changes to privacy laws after failing to have his case against News of the World and the UK...

Not waving but drowning

The government's cuts to legal aid are ill-thought out and disadavantage the most vulnerable members of society, ?says Lewis Forrest

Resourcing strategy

A resource-based view should be taken when developing firm strategy, suggests Andrew Hedley  

Loaded gun

Everybody does it – don't they? John Taylor discusses the triggers of fraud in law firms

Lateral churn

Melinda Wallman and Lynnsey McCall discuss how to increase retention of lateral partners from US and UK firms

Reaping growth

Law firms are regularly leaking intellectual capital, say David Griffiths and Brian Moon