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ABSs are not just about private equity

Becoming an ABS was a natural development for firm founder keen to officially involve key family member in the business

CJC backs 25 per cent cap for contingency fees in personal injury cases

Napier wants disbursements and ATE premiums to be excluded

Editor's blog | When high street firms are reinventing ABSs

The conversion of yet another set of traditional firms confirms the emerging trend that the much-maligned ABS structure could be a life line for smaller practices

Tales from practice | Say it with flowers

Richard Barr celebrates turning 65 by not acting like an old man – and so should all his fellow crinkleys, he says

Family business | Acting for other solicitors

Lawyers instructing their peers in divorce proceedings should remember that family ?litigation is based on more flexible principles and with a different type of objective ?than other disputes, says Marilyn Stowe

Advising the Olympic sports star, by Chris Belcher

Easy in theory but difficult in practice: Why business development for lawyers is like losing weight

By Jeff Berardi, Chief Marketing Officer, K&L Gates

Winckworth Sherwood becomes ABS as pace of licensing quickens

Top 200 practice, leading Welsh firm and two niche personal injury practices join the first 14