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Nearly half of law firms now set up as corporate entities

Decline in traditional partnerships suggests new approach to legal business

The limits of litigation funding

Katie Alexiou and George Williamson explain how litigation funding can help in a family law context, albeit with limitations

Price of success: the hidden costs of financial dispute resolution hearings

FDRs were going to make divorce proceedings fairer and faster but instead they have led to mechanical lawyering; divorce lawyers must now offer better solutions for clients, says James Pirrie

King no more: dealing with unethical client requests

Agreeing to drafting a contract clause that you believe might be unethical could put you in breach of your regulatory obligations, warns Mena Ruparel

Looking after looked-after children

Heather Thomas considers how the fundamentally different disciplines of family law and criminal law can work together to help achieve better outcomes for vulnerable children

Munby P updates domestic abuse practice advice

Domestic abuse 'a scourge on our society', says president

Gazing into the Brexit crystal ball

Pippa Allsop looks ahead to some of the potential problems facing international families – and family practitioners – when the UK leaves the EU

Understanding the litigant in person

Conduct yourself with others as you would hope to be dealt with if in that same position, writes District Judge Howard Kemp