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Lord Dyson sends 'clear message' by dismissing Mitchell costs appeal

Defaults 'not minor or trivial and there was no good excuse for them'

A few choice words

Being an executor is not for everyone, and clients must understand how costly the wrong decision can be for the estate and relationship, says Fay Copeland

Most small business owners 'prepared to represent themselves'

Almost a third unaware of conditional fees in commercial cases

First legal services credit finance brokerage launched

Russian-speaking pioneer hopes to 'change way lawyers think about charging'

Professional protection

The Court of Protection has come under scrutiny after a recent case in which lay deputies were able to abuse a compensation fund. But a perfect system is wishful thinking at the moment, says Simon Hardy

SRA investigates ten firms over referral fee ban

Twenty-three firms investigated over failure to appoint COLPs and COFAs

Sharing the roads: keeping up with the new legal traffic

With the emergence of alternative business structures opening the door for large, established brands to provide legal services, how can smaller, more traditional firms compete? asks Michael Gough

A tale of two polities

It remains to be seen how autocratic countries, such as Argentina and Venezuela, will handle a growing middle class, but they have certainly chosen the more precarious option, says Derek Sambrook