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A rescue craft

The Domestic Abuse Bill provides a golden opportunity to better protect the vulnerable from abuse perpetrators, says Julia Townend

Suing the property professionals

Alec Samuels considers who is potentially liable for defective buildings and refurbishment in light of the Grenfell Tower inquiry

Metoo – trumped by ethics?

Does the SRA treat sexual misconduct cases seriously enough? Jeremy Phillips QC and Esther Drabkin-Reiter consider this following the Beckwith decision

Taking the lead

The HS';s regulatory approach to work related stress is compliance without sanction, says Rhian Greaves

Retroactive human rights law

Matthew Duncan explains why a 60-year-old settlement is subject to the Human Rights Act

A welcome delay

Minors and litigants in person will be left particularly vulnerable without changes to the whiplash reforms, as Paul Nicholls explains

'Now's not the time' to press ahead with online PI reforms

The government has again delayed its online whiplash reforms – just as the rest of the world quickly adapts to functioning online 

Guideline hourly rates to be reviewed and updated

A long-awaited review into the solicitors' guideline hourly rates is underway following mounting pressure from lawyers and judges