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The significance of the ruling in Higgs v Farmor’s School

Susan Kelly, a Partner at Winckworth Sherwood, provides an assessment of the Court of Appeal’s ruling in favour of Kristie Higgs in the case Higgs v Farmor’s School

SJ Interview: Honor Giles

Honor Giles, Partner and Mediator at Maguire Family Law speaks to the Solicitors Journal about the changes being implemented to family law and whether further reform is needed

Failing survivors: what is going wrong in tackling violence against women and girls

Sasha Rozansky, a Partner at Deighton Pierce Glynn, takes a look at the disappointing findings set out in the National Audit Office’s report on tackling violence against women and girls and asks whether the failings may lead to a breach of the public sector equality duty

The Public Accounts Committee's report on tax evasion in the retail sector

Adam Craggs and Jasprit Singh, from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, share their thoughts on the Public Accounts Committee’s criticisms of HMRC’s approach to tax evasion in the retail sector

Advising clients on artificial intelligence

In this article, Karen Holden explores the key considerations lawyers need to address when advising commercial clients on artificial intelligence-related projects

The impact of the biodiversity net gain requirements on developers

Bill Bidder and Mithun Rabheru, from IBB Law LLP, explain the biodiversity net gain requirements that must be followed when undertaking a development

Is the FCA’s name and shame policy now dead in the water?

In this article, Jill Lorimer, Head of the Financial Services Regulatory team at Kingsley Napley, shares her thoughts on the recent House of Lords Committee report that criticises the name and shame policy proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority

Bringing the profession into disrepute

Solicitors are often punished for ‘bringing the profession into disrepute’ as a result of an occurrence in their private lives. In this article, Bernard George argues that this is wrong in principle, in practice and in law