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Leading and learning

CMS Cameron McKenna is making a conscious effort to raise people management as a priority, putting retention of employees on a par with commitment to client excellence. Leadership training and ongoing education for assistants have been two areas explored.

Sussex: the forgotten legal aid lawyers

The Sussex Law Society president remains optimistic that legal aid lawyers will make it through the Carter reforms. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

Sempra Metals (1): restitution revised

The House of Lords' decision in Sempra Metals sets the record straight for restitution claims under English and EU law, says Simon Whitehead

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany considers the scope of employment contracts, victimisation, and the first case on information and consultation before the EAT

Music to their ears

Victoria Handley explains what the new noise regulations mean for the entertainment industry and how best to address hearing loss

A question of ownership versus possession

Robert Leonard considers the problems of correcting a land register while not changing the situation on the ground

DJ Philips in da court house

Regular readers – and I am grateful to both of them – might be surprised by the tone of this column. I am not bitching. I am not complaining. Weirdly, I am positive and forward looking and have hope singing in my wizened heart. I have spent a day at the West London Dedicated Drugs Court, where good people try to do good things.

Reality television

Justin Michaelson and Adam Pollack consider whether the recent media phone-in scandals may encourage greater use of British “class action”