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Virtual firm to launch hub franchise

Everyman Legal, the Oxfordshire 'virtual' law firm, has announced plans to launch a franchise operation which would create business hubs for commercial lawyers in towns...

Turkeys and Christmas

You may have slightly ODd on the turkey last week and only just started to relax after the excesses of Christmas. Don't. Because if you're...

Of mice and clients

Your client smells, needs emergency assistance to avoid being kicked out of his council flat overnight, and will not say thank you. Russell Conway opens...

Ultimate loss

It is time to revise the assumption that adoption is always in the interest of children and take time to assess in each case the...

Known unknowns

All we know about alternative business structures is that they can take an infinite number of shapes, so is the Solicitors Regulation Authority really equipped...

Uncommon remedies

The Supreme Court decision refusing a dismissed employee compensation for the way he was sacked provides a further prompt to review the interaction of employment...

Road traffic update

Contempt of court proceedings are increasingly used by stakeholders in the insurance sector as a weapon in the war against fraud, says Roger Cooper

Questioning assumptions

The Jackson reforms simply acknowledge that the ability to litigate at a proportionate cost should be available to both claimants and defendants, says Simon Gibbs