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Most small to mid-sized firms have trouble with risk management

By Thomas Berman, Principal, Berman & Associates

East-west cultural differences can significantly affect firm performance

By Robert Sawhney, Managing Director, SRC Associates

Discourage 'drunk' lawyering: change the long hours culture in law firms

By Fiona Severs, Director, Lexington Gray

'Bureaucratic machinery' of land registration does not trump reality

The “bureaucratic machinery” behind the registration of land does not “trump reality”, appeal judges have ruled.

Solicitors divided over impact of compulsory mediation assessments

Family lawyers are divided over the impact of the extension of compulsory mediation assessment sessions announced by the Ministry of Justice last week. The requirement to attend a session currently applies only to legal aid clients.

Two timing

Michael Dempsey lifts the lid on the emerging phenomenon of 'hot tubbing'

Setting the record straight

Robert McPeake reviews the practical implications of the Court of Appeal's ruling in the 'shaken baby' cases when handling expert medical evidence

Law in miniature

Where are we up to with the admissibility of low template DNA? Sarah Dyas goes under the microscope