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Guardian angel

Lawyers can do much more than just provide legal advice. Scarlett West reports on taking students at a local school under her wing

Take the plunge

Aarti Puri always wanted to help vulnerable people so she jumped at the chance to join a charity

Linklaters hires former FTC director

MAGIC-CIRCLE law firm Linklaters has boosted its US competition and anti-trust practice with the appointment of a new competition and antitrust partner in the firm's New York office.

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany reviews recent cases on equal pay, age and religious discrimination, and compensation for failure to take up employment

Testamentary promises

The Court of Appeal's ruling in Thorner v Curtis takes an unnecessarily rigid approach to the assessment of promises in estoppel claims, says Mark Pawlowski

Lambs to the slaughter

The credit crunch is expected to lead to a rise in claims against solicitors, placing added pressure on professional indemnity cover, but Rionne Preuveneers says escalating premiums are not inevitable, even for conveyancers who are traditionally the hardest hit

Stemming the compensation tide

David Oldham welcomes the Court of Appeal's recent reminders that not all accidents are caused by somebody's negligence

Managing change in difficult times

The credit crunch means that to remain profitable law firms must take some hard decisions becoming proactive rather than reactive, says Peter Morgan