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Clients value service more

The value of legal knowledge is diminishing, says Leeds solicitor Jonathan Wearing, and lawyers must accept it

Grayling outlines second wave of judicial review curbs

Legal aid available for 'meritorious' applications which fail to get permission

Circle the wagons or come out all guns blazing

If you want to fend off ABS marauders running amok in the 'new wild west of legal services you must use your website as an...

ABS countdown | The Australians are coming

As Slater & Gordon continues to acquire English law firms, Stuart Bushell asks what can UK lawyers learn from the Australian approach and external investment...

Not a dirty word

Understanding your services and your place in the market as a firm is key to proper pricing, says Ursula Rice

Northern delights | All the world's a stage

Dodgy representations of legal services in a new play makes Kevin Poulter wonder what the outside world thinks of lawyers

Update | Court of Protection: significant developments in healthcare treatment and welfare

The Court of Protection's decision to allow non-therapeutic vasectomy for the first time is only one of several significant developments in healthcare treatment and welfare,...

Update | Intellectual property: wide-ranging changes

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act and the Intellectual Property Bill will bring about exceptionally wide-ranging changes, says Susan Singleton