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Claimant lawyers condemn 'deal with insurers' over Mesothelioma Bill

'Something to fill the gap, but it could have been a lot better'

The urge to merge: Increase your chances of success

For many years, commentators have predicted mid-market consolidation in the UK legal sector. That prediction seems to be coming true.

LITIGATION 2014: Costs budgeting, the Mitchell aftermath, and funding challenges

Francesca Kaye questions whether, with the storm clouds gathering over the civil justice system, there is any prospect of achieving fairness in the coming year

Terms are the same however we sugar coat them

Solicitors and law practitioners learn through experience what trigger words to avoid, or at least to be careful with, when dealing with anxious and sometimes...

Frankness and honesty ensure sustainability

My firm has been running a research project called the 'Yorkshire Economic Index' for almost two years. The findings demonstrate the economic health of our...

Best behaviour: developing good practice in compliance

As compliance roles come to the fore in 2014, Tony Brown assesses how to operate in a new regulatory framework in order to support the...

New year resolutions: Be prepared, organise paperwork, respect deadlines

As I collected my thoughts waiting for my wife in a shopping centre last month, I listened to The Twelve Days of Christmas. I thought...

Road traffic accident update

Careful judgement is required in selecting winter highway cases, Roger Cooper warns