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Co-operative Legal Services not affected by Co-op bank 'bail in'

CLS in no doubt about its future as it pledges to continue with expansion plans

Guiding light

Banks may now have advice about dealing with attorneys, says Sofia Tayton, but how soon will it filter through to the shop floor?

Practice management | Continuing uncertainty for COLPs and COFAs

Matthew Moore offers advice to compliance officers on how much time they should devote to their roles

Workshop: Judicial review and foreign governments

What if the conduct of a foreign government is directly relevant to a judicial review claim ?which the English court has to decide? Denis Edwards examines the difficulties of working across borders

Taxing partnerships: The impact of proposed new UK partnership taxes

Colin Ives and Anna Jarrold discuss how proposed ?changes to UK partnership taxes could affect both ?you and your law firm

The IBA/OECD/UNODC anti-corruption strategy for the legal profession

By The International Bar Association

Editor's blog | Unfinished business

As the Supreme Court was handing down judgment in Prest v Petrodel last week, the Legal Ombudsman was publishing its latest annual report, revealing that divorce was the area that had attracted the greatest number of complaints. Knocking off conveyancing from the top spot to second place, divorce represented 18 per cent of all complaints received last year.

View from within

Building and maintaining trust from clients is only one side of the coin – don't forget about your staff and colleagues, says Geraint Jones