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No one size fits all: not-for-profit legal services providers cannot be treated like law firms

The requirement in the Legal Services Act for university-based law clinics to become ?alternative business structures will jeopardise their very existence, says Elaine Campbell

Northern delights | The Great British Law Off

Sporting achievements, baking action or stripping exploits, you should think carefully about which will be helpful in supporting your career progression, muses Kevin Poulter

Conveyancers warned to tighten mortgage fraud procedures

SRA ponders more practical policy for conveyancing as fraud risk heightens

Finding meaning: How personal truths can improve firm energy

Focus on your personal truths to ensure your firm has a sustainable energy, says David Casullo

Good citizenship can unite and energise a firm in difficult times

By Neil May, Executive Manager, Hogan Lovells

A recent case reinforces the benefits gained from solicitors, accountants and IFAs working together, says Scott Gallacher

Value judgment: Suggitt v Suggitt

Any challenge to an evaluation as to 'reasonabl'; financial provision is likely to be very difficult to sustain on appeal, says Joseph Goldsmith

ABS countdown | The winding road to ABS conversion

Don't underestimate the time and preparation required to file through for an application to become an ABS. Stuart Bushell reports first hand