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When should you self-report to the SRA?

Identifying breaches highlights weaknesses in compliance and is a good opportunity to implement stronger systems and controls, explains Max Masters

Is Facebook the missing link for law firms?

The key to avoiding the social media rabbit hole of time and money is to think of each platform as a cog in a bigger machine, explains James Noble

Conflicts of interest after White & Case

Graham Reid unpicks the reasoning behind the SDT's decision to issue reportedly its highest ever fine, and looks at the lessons to be learned by other firms

The price of open justice

PNM demonstrates that the competing principles of suspects' privacy and the freedom to report public court proceedings have yet to be comfortably reconciled, writes Richard Easton

Statutory authority for fees for tribunals and courts

Alec Samuels considers the background to the Unison case on employment tribunal fees, and whether it could have wider implications for the ordinary courts

The dangers of commercial contract disputes

The obligation on the contractor to carry out works which are not defective overrides the obligation to conform with the employer's specifications, explains Alec Samuels

Tackling the conduct of local authority members

Sandwell shows that English local authorities must comply with the core requirements of the Localism Act 2011, explains Tiffany Cloynes

The hand we've been dealt

Jeremy Phillips considers the latest developments in licensing law, including a government crackdown on illegal working, enforcement actions, and a preview of the Supreme Court's hearing of what constitutes 'cheating' in gambling