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Managing partner: why do the job?

By Michael Shaw, Managing Partner, Cobbetts

Solicitor who asked for payments on account had not terminated retainer

A family solicitor who would only continue to act subject to his client making interim fee payments had merely suspended the retainer, not terminated it, appeal judges have ruled.

Refocusing priorities: How to get a clear picture of your firm's market position

Consultant Tony Williams explores how managing partners can reorganise their firms to increase efficiencies

Lapdancer was employee, EAT rules

A lapdancer at Stringfellows was an employee and entitled to claim unfair dismissal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled.

PACE Update: arrests, evidence, confession

Jill Lorimer and Caroline Day consider cases concerning grounds for arrest, confession evidence and challenges to the validity of search warrants

How to advocate for technological change in law firms

By Thomas Berman, Principal, Berman & Associates

There are slow but sure signs of recovery on the horizon of the world economy, says Rupert Elwes

SRA calls in consultants to vet foreign ABS owners

The SRA has brought in consultants to vet potential foreign owners of ABS firms, Solicitors Journal has learned.