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Editor's blog | Victorian values

The law is a bit like collectable Victorian crockery; when it breaks it's never the same

Break up, make up: a family system fit for the 21st century

As changes to legal aid are implemented and the modernisation of the family courts gets under way, family law practitioner group Resolution mark a momentous year in more ways than one. Emily Bater visits Resolutions 25th annual conference and speaks to chair Liz Edwards

Good housekeeping

Gathering careful evidence and ensuring everything is in order about gifts and loans is essential to realise tax planning potential for farmers, says Julie Butler

Judges insist on business as usual as Northern Circuit barristers begin protest

Barristers to meet all day on Monday to discuss legal aid cuts

For the attack

Major changes in the way civil litigation will be funded took effect on 1 April 2013, as the reforms proposed in Lord Justice Jackson's final Review on Civil Litigation Costs are rolled out across England and Wales. The reforms, and in particular

Fear and growing in the downturn

Stagnant fee income and declining profits are likely to be a fact of life for most small and mid-size firms for years to come, according to a report published by NatWest earlier this year. Last week, courtesy of the bank, we got some of the respondents around a table to hear more about their thoughts. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

Workshop: Mediation could be another way in compensation cases

Compensation cases are a great example of the kind of litigation that could be replaced with mediation, argues Craig Howell Williams QC

Revolving door: Applying the risk-based approach to client take-on

Peter Derrick explores the challenges of applying the risk-based approach to client take-on in practice