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Barristers to play full part in ABS firms

Barristers will be allowed to play a full part in ABS firms, the Bar Standards Board has announced.

Paternal instinct

Employees now have the right to take up to six months' paternity leave, but how will this work in practice? Andreas White investigates

Power house

With a judicial review against judicial review reform on the cards, Jamie Beagent states the case

Something for nothing

It's all very shiny and new, yes, but what does this National Pro Bono Centre actually do, asks Russell Conway

Show your working

Costs budgeting may never be more than a minority sport, says Simon Gibbs

Update: PACE

Caroline Day and Jill Lorimer review amendments to police powers in relation to stop and search and taking fingerprints, the consequent changes to the PACE codes of practice, and a case on the 'necessity' test for arrest

Workshop: private client

Eleanor Johnson-Cadwell offers a workshop on income tax savings for discretionary trusts

Update: children

Noel Arnold rounds up the latest developments in adoption orders and the requirements of expert assessment