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Dress to impress

Improving your image and building confidence will help your firm create a positive first impression and attract potential clients, says Dianne Bown-Wilson

Straw wants ten per cent cap on success fees for libel

With a general election looming, justice secretary Jack Straw is planning to cut the uplift libel lawyers can add to their success fees from 100...

Update: licensing

Roy Light reviews the role and powers of licensing sub-committees, the rights of interested parties and responsible authorities, the meaning of 'public nuisance' and useful...

Land of the living

Landowners are constantly looking to improve their businesses and are making the most of the opportunities available, but they are also facing difficulties – not...

'Til death do us part

Against a background of increasing interest in the rights of a surviving spouse or cohabitant, Keith Wilding and John Marston examine the difficulties involved in...

Ministers abandon BVT

The MoJ has decided to abandon best value tendering for criminal legal aid. Pilot schemes in Manchester, Bristol and Somerset, due to start next year,...

Mark my words

Practitioners must ensure they use clear wording when drafting clauses which alter the rights of parties, says Matthew Morrison

LSB confirms 2010 regulatory framework

The Legal Services Board has published its final rules on the new regulatory framework applicable to the legal sector from January 2010.