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Most barristers open to working for ABSs, survey reveals

Most barristers are considering or might consider working in an ABS, a survey of 3,000 barristers for the Bar Council and Bar Standards Board has revealed.

Professional deputies have a valuable role to play, says Brian Bacon

My partner Eddie Fardell posted our first blog before Christmas about the new authorised officers at the Court of Protection. thought we'd touch this time on a question we are often asked by other solicitors and families in our area of work.

Insurance market will 'respond positively' to Jackson reforms, Lord Wallace says

Government minister Lord Wallace has told peers that the government expects the insurance market to “respond positively” to the Jackson reforms.

Reports of the death of equities are greatly exaggerated, says Rupert Elwes

“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”  - Bill Vaughan 

Treating the root cause

The latest guidelines on sentences for drug mules take a fairer approach to individual circumstances but the government needs to address the root of the problem, says Andrew Church-Taylor

In from the cold

Scientific progress has allowed more cold cases to be reopened, but, regardless of such advances, evidence is only as good as the procedure followed to collect and store it at the time of the original investigation. Kim Evans reports

Safety net

With the cohabitant population set to grow further and no change in the law in sight, Therese Nichols reviews the advice lawyers should give to unmarried couples

Approach with caution

Simon Edwards explains why applying common law principles to part 36 could trip you up