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CMA warns Lastminute.com: pay up in 7 days or face court

The CMA has sent company a letter before action over its failure to refund £1m to customers whose package holidays were cancelled 

Completion of Deloitte Legal and Kemp Little acquisition

Deloitte Legal announces 29 new partners following completion of “landmark” acquisition 

Separation of powers and profits

Howard Hackney sets out guiding principles for profit sharing, firm ownership and capital structures 

Freedom of information

Insurance ruling spares UK 'fatal, economic misery'

Insurers face a huge bill following the long-awaited Supreme Court ruling that they must pay companies forced to close during the first national pandemic lockdown

Lawyers need 'greater aptitude' for business to win SMEs' trust

The legal sector needs a greater aptitude for business if lawyers want to help commercial clients with their legal problems, a lawyer warned 

Kennedys acquires 36-strong insurance law practice

International firm Kennedys has opened a new office in Leeds after acquiring Langleys' 36-strong insurance law practice

The Duomatic principle and ostensible authority

Corporate lawyers should note the Privy Council's clarification of the so-called Duomatic principle, as Josh Mangeot, George Weston and Jeremy Child explain