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Cost assessment in transition

With the Jackson reforms unravelling from this week, Simon Gibbs runs through some of the transitional provisions aimed at getting us from here, to there

Unleashed | The search for employment

Russell Conway shares his reflections on the questionable calibre of contemporary aspiring lawyers

It's family law, but not how we knew it

Should law firms be responsible for means testing clients to establish what they can afford to pay for legal advice? Toby Hales weighs up the cost of cuts to publicly funded family law

Mobile device management

Flexible and remote working has led to employees bringing their own mobile devices into the workplace. Damian Blackburn explores the risks this raises and how to mitigate them

Update | Pensions: Same-sex partnerships and defined benefit pension schemes?

As same-sex partnerships gain increasing equality, Jennie Kreser looks at the likely impact on defined benefit pension schemes

Update | Employment: controversial reform proposals

Its been a controversial few months, with various employment reforms under proposal. Stephen Levinson reports

By the way | The best laid plans

Thanks to a regimented to-do list and a detective trainee, Catherine Burtinshaw relates the various successes of another month in practice

Back to brilliant basics

For better or worse, most people take just seconds to form an opinion of a firm based on a first impression. Jonathan Smithers looks at service delivery from the clients perspective