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Changing expectations: The role of managing partners in future

Ben Rigby explores the latest challenges facing law firms and ?how expectations of managing partners will change in future

Tunnel vision: Source the best leaders for your law firm

Warren Foot considers whether partners should look beyond their firm and sector when selecting their next leader

Unexpected outcomes: The impact of the Jackson reforms on PI claims and costs

John de Waal QC explores the impact of the Jackson reforms on professional indemnity insurance and claims

Law Society launches 'don't get mugged by an insurer' advertising campaign

Clients encouraged to 'think twice' before accepting first compensation offers

Spending spree

What can happen potentially if a lay deputy does not appreciate or wilfully disregards the limits of their deputyship order authority? Asks Matthew Evans

Illegitimate concern

When trying to identify the nearest relative ?of an illegitimate person, says David Hewitt, ?we shouldn't simply dismiss the father

Art: for love or money?

Is it time to cash in share portfolios in exchange for investing in fine art? Tim Adams and Lynsey Colman review the alternative

Spotlight | Charles Gothard

Opportunity returns: it was rare for Macfarlanes to make a lateral partner hire and Charles Gothard decided it was right to go back, he tells Jennifer Palmer-Violet