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Five keys to a successful strategic plan

By Julious P. Smith Jr, Chairman Emeritus, Williams Mullen

ARP sinks to only three firms

SRA opts for 'phased approach' when risks pool shuts for good in 2013

Generating leaders: Why you should embrace the priorities of Gen Y

Embrace the priorities of the millennial generation or face a shortage of suitable firm leaders in the long term, says Jill King

LegalZoom flotation postponed as investors turn cautious

Concerns over value of business and risk of lawsuits stall first tech legal services IPO

Two years of being a solicitor for the price of one as SRA goes back to paper

Regulator gives priority to PC renewals as it shelves MySRA for non-practising solicitors

Peer review partners regularly or risk professional liability claims

By Thomas Berman, Principal, Berman & Associates

Completing the jigsaw: the likely effect of the 10 percent increase in general damages

Claimant lawyers heaved a moderate sigh of relief when the Court of Appeal promised to implement Jackson LJ's proposal to increase general damages by 10 per cent, a part of the costs reform jigsaw that parliament had not taken forward. Defendant lawyers aren't so convinced that the move would achieve the intended rebalancing. We asked claimant ?lawyer David Marshall and defendant lawyer Rachel Moore for their initial impressions

SRA appoints expert to investigate discrimination claims

Professor Gus John to focus on quality of decision-making