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Picking up the IPP pieces

The recent Strasbourg ruling that indeterminate sentences 'breached human rights was not unexpected, yet the ramifications 'for the UK government could be considerable, says Jill...

Editor's blog | Riding the regulatory tide

Making will-writing a reserved activity may be a blunt way of increasing consumer protection but when the consensus is in favour, solicitors should support rather...

By the way | Shakespearean outcomes

Dealing with fellow lawyers can be frustrating and some of them can be downright negligent, but it doesn't mean we should kill all the lawyers,...

Unleashed | Promoting the solicitor brand

Challenged by travel companions about 'his status as a lawyer, Russell Conway says 'it's time the profession – legal aid lawyers 'in particular – got...

ABS diary | Taking the IT step

Technology can help firms develop their traditional models without turning them into process-driven organisations, 'says Bernadette Summers

Competition Commission to investigate motor insurers

OFT responds to concern over replacement vehicles and repairs

Sir Nicholas Wall to retire as president of Family Division

Search for a successor will begin in January

Peace and love: family arbitration

Saurabh Bhagotra explores the benefits of arbitration in resolving family disuptes