Risk & Compliance

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PII under the LSA

Partner Edward Coulson of Davies Arnold Cooper comments on upcoming changes to solicitors' professional indemnity insurance

DPP backs 'second degree murder' charge

Keir Starmer QC, the DPP, has said he backs the introduction of a US-style second degree murder charge.

DEFRA to consult on English badger cull

DEFRA is to consult within the few weeks on a badger cull in those areas of England suffering the most from bovine TB.

Letter from America: Hand in hand

Law firms' marketing and risk management functions are symbiotic, says Thomas Berman of Berman & Associates

The long road

UK law firms should be focusing more on risk-based systems, says Partner Frank Maher of Legal Risk

Partner protection

Non-management partners in US law firms are employees at will, argues Jerome Kowalski of Kowalski & Associates

Elderly jurors don't have the foggiest, say judges

Letting the over-70s join juries would cause "substantial disruption" to proceedings, according to judges.

NHS negligence costs could rise to £15bn

Action must be taken to tackle the excessive cost of clinical negligence claims, the Medical Protection Society (MPS) has said after a report by the NHS Litigation Authority estimated the health service could pay out £15bn in legal expenses over the next ten to 15 years – £3bn more than was expected two years ago.