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Direct access: The impact on barristers, solicitors and clients

Chrissie Lightfoot speaks with barristers and solicitors to determine if direct access helps or hinders them in meeting clients' needs

Paying for care

There is a worrying disparity between how much the public thinks later-life care costs and the cost of this service in reality - increased awareness and financial planning are the only ways around the problem

Let's define the risk universe for professional services firms

By Louise Fleming, Partner, Aretai Consulting

Competition law: LSB warns 'Watch this space' on investigating law firm mergers

LSB chair Sir Michael Pitt speaks to LCA community manager Leah Darbyshire on tie ups between regulator and government and risk-based approaches to regulation

Law Society opposes restrictions on use of in-house advocates

Solicitors can provide high-quality advocacy for clients, says the Law Society

State of play: case summaries

Elizabeth Eyre and Jennifer Ridgway examine recent cases involving the taxation of offshore trusts, the appointment of suitable deputies and the arbitration of a family feud

Multi-million pound child abuse inquiry to consider 'more evidence' than Chilcot Report

Justice Goddard faces challenge in leaving 'no stone unturned' with £17.9m budget

Too little, too late for the Law Society's back to basic strategy plan?

A splintered profession disassociating itself from the solicitor brand may not be enamoured by Chancery Lan';s attempts to engage, writes Kevin Poulter