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Merging cultures

Andrew Hedley of Hedley Consulting suggests ways to ensure a cultural fit between merging firms

Airline spurns CoA litigation warning

British Airways has snubbed criticism from top judges, admitting it wants to push ahead with full legal action against the union.

Supreme Court sends defective vaccine case into impasse

Lawyers for an eleven-year old child who claims he has suffered brain damage as a result of a defective vaccine have been left to ponder...

Right to strike fight reaches Europe

A fresh attack on UK union law has been launched as the RMT argues current precedent on the right to strike contravenes the European Convention...

A question of independence

Independent inquiries following complaints against the police are still a rarity and the IPCC must recognise its responsibility to undertake more investigations, says Sophie Khan

The wrong reading

The ruling against the UK Treasury on the misinterpretation of rules designed to prevent terrorist funding is not only a victory for common sense but...

Wales: consolidation horizon

Welsh firms are still battling the recession, but, by joining forces with others and moving towards greater specialisation, they are also gearing up to take...

Update: wills and probate

The last few months have produced contrasting decisions about the court's power to remove executors, a reappraisal of the criteria of testamentary capacity and a...