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14 Apr 2016

QOCS gets the John Grisham treatment

Personal injury practitioners should read and use Kerry Underwood's book on QOCS, or they may well lose out, advises Gordon Exall

14 Apr 2016

Law firms target energy sector for fees payoff

UK's top 100 firms adopts sector based business strategy but chambers lag behind

13 Apr 2016

An away game at the tribunal for Mourinho?

As Dr Eva Carneiro prepares to tackle Chelsea FC in the employment tribunal, Nick Wilcox discusses the case and the law relating to unfair dismissal

13 Apr 2016

SRA and SDT's dispute over disciplinary powers

Contradictions abound in the regulator's use of section 43 orders and its powers to impose fines and rebukes on solicitors' employees, writes Susanna Heley

12 Apr 2016

Reaping the returns of risk management

The professional indemnity season may seem comfortably distant, but now is the time to start evaluating your firm's risk profile and bring down its premium, writes Chris Marston

12 Apr 2016

From the archive: 3 April 1964

In 1964, SJ reported on the trial of Jack Ruby and considered the UK and US traditions of counsel

12 Apr 2016

The risks of over-engineering the SMR for in-house lawyers

Iain Miller discusses the FCA's proposals to widen SMR culpability to a profession bound by professional privilege and overburdened by regulation

12 Apr 2016

Are we under-represented and over-regulated?

Viv Williams: The same body cannot represent and regulate your profession, but just how many regulators should be involved?