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Cover story: Profiting through the pinch

Originally from Legal Marketing magazine vol 3 Issue 4: Graham Jarvis offers his advice on how best to respond to a recession.

Reaching 50 not out

Three different ways of celebrating his firm reaching 50 years of existence includes Italian cookery lessons, a day at the races and solving a murder,...

All things being equal

In promoting equality and diversity, the SRA needs to rethink its targets for investigation and how it identifies risk, say Yamini Paramesan and Michelle Garlick

No silent agreements

In leasehold enfranchisement, obtaining a decision from the LVT on purchase price does not amount to agreement of the terms by tenants, explains Lucy Barber

Virtual worlds, real consequences

Social networking sites have lured users into a false sense of confidentiality, but personal details held on these sites can be accessed and used by...

Another brick in the wall

Disputes over work to party walls are on the rise, but recent judgments have helped to clarify several provisions of the Party Wall Act, says...

No restitutionary remedies for cartel victims

Some will regard the ruling that cartel victims do not have a claim for restitutionary damages as a backward step but Tony Singla says this...

Update: consumer

Jenny Howe considers the planned simplification of consumer legislation, the first case under the Unfair Trading Regulations, doorstep selling, and price comparison websites