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How the Accounts Rules can assist with compliance

Changes to the Accounts Rules allow for a closer working relationship between the reporting accountant and the COFA, writes Gavin Hooker

New kid on the 'comparison site block

Set to shake-up the way lawyers market and consumers buy legal services, the arrival of The Law Superstore is imminent. Its creator, Matthew Briggs, discusses its inception and if the profession is prepared for change

The Solicitors' Journal and Reporter - March 9, 1912

The Legal Aspect of the Suffragist Riot.

The buck stops with management

Overall responsibility for compliance and business success lies with firm managers; ?they and the regulator should be doing more, argues Ian Muirhead

Fixed costs give part 36 a boost

Elaine Penrose and Giles Hutt discuss the implications of the Court of Appeal's decision in Broadhurst v Tan for CPR part 36 and fixed costs

What does the future hold for criminal legal aid?

While welcome, the government's recent decisions do little to address the uncertainty in the system, writes Áine Kervick

A referendum is not the panacea it might seem

There is a common misconception that the result of any referendum on continued membership of the EU would be binding. It may come as a surprise to some to find that the legal status of a referendum is not binding upon the legislature. Parliament is supreme, so it can ignore the outcome of any plebiscite.

The 'why bother?' attitude to cohabitation laws

The common law marriage myth stubbornly lives on, writes Marilyn Stowe, and it doesn't show any sign of abating