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Up to scratch

New initiatives to help practitioners keep up to date with the funding options available to their clients should be embraced and widely implemented, says Paul...

Room to breathe

The CFI's decision to allow Estonia's allocation plan for greenhouse gas allowances leaves member states with greater freedom to comply with directives, says Paul Stanley...

Exemplary conduct

Tony Guise reviews three recent and important changes to the profession's regulatory framework – practising certificates, remuneration certificates and indemnity cover

Update: local government

Justin Bates discusses cases on the 'well-being power' and the extent to which local authorities can establish companies, and a council's decision to reintroduce homecare...

Making arrangements

A new constitutional arrangement is essential to give the Supreme Court the power and status it needs, argues Quentin Bargate

Spalding sense

5.30am. Friday. My mobile phone cheerfully comes to life with a tune that, in other circumstances, one could dance to. Shortly afterwards the alarm clock...

Update: property

Janet Armstrong-Fox reviews cases on conveyancers' undertakings, VAT treatment of parking space leases and the enforceability of restrictive covenants, as well as government plans to...

Hudson accuses indemnity insurers of putting "gun to the head" of firms

In an outspoken attack on indemnity insurers, Des Hudson, chief executive of the Law Society, has accused them of putting a “gun to the head”...