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Procedural compliance: expectations post-Mitchell?

Andrew Mitchell's lawyers found the court less receptive to a late filed costs budget.

Catering for a variety of tastes

Keeping clients and staff happy is important for any law firm, but is the best way to anyone's heart through their stomach, wonders Russell Conway

Everyone needs solicitors, whether they like us or not

Prevalent, and often insulting, misconceptions about lawyers is something else trainees have to get used to, says Pippa Allsop

After life: alarming number of wills account for nothing

New SRA guidance for will writing focuses on professional ethics rather than technique but will this protect consumers? John van der Luit-Drummond reports

Technology bubble

If global growth remains supportive and earnings move in line with expectations, winners in the sector should be able to provide healthy returns, says Claire Bennison

Battle of the sexes: what are the options?

People who want to record themselves as anything other than male or female will have to log on to Facebook rather than rely on English law, says Richard Easton

Stalled management initiatives: Change the paperwork or change the culture?

By Guy Vincent, Partner, Bircham Dyson Bell 

Technology plays and important role in training today's solicitor

Practitioners are busy, mobile and have bespoke needs, so the SRA's decision on CPD shows it has caught up with the digital age, says Mark Solon