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Lazy insurers have cozied up to policymakers

The inability of insurers to tackle fraud is not a justifiable reason to change legislation, writes Qamar Anwar

South West law centres set up for-profit legal advice enterprise

Cabot Law community interest company to generate funding for solicitor positions

Uncertainty ahead in 2017

With Brexit looming and the profession's reputation under attack from the press and the public, John van der Luit-Drummond predicts the upheaval of this year will continue into the next

Radical leadership for uncertain times

The Law Society's president, Robert Bourns, talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about the highs and lows of 2016 and what the year ahead holds in store for the solicitor profession

Liberty, compliance, and discipline in 2017

Jean-Yves Gilg predicts a busy year ahead for private client practitioners and for law firms generally as they adapt to the new competence regime

PI practices brace for change

Lawyers hope marketplace reforms in 2017 aren't 'done deals', despite evidence to the contrary

CMA: Lawyers must be more transparent on quality and costs

Law Society 'astonished' by watchdog's report as SRA renews call for independent regulation

Briggs LJ: Courts service not like the NHS

Digital courts champion says he is no 'enemy of solicitors'