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Respecting the language of the contract

Richard Foss and Ben Hillman consider the lessons learned from three significant Supreme Court decisions on contract law in 2015

Strategic considerations

With the economy recovering, fixed fees looming, and staff more prepared to move on, firms will have to change their business models to survive, advises Viv Williams

Mediation matters in family disputes

Carla Ditz looks at the current perceptions of mediation and why it remains largely unrecognised and perhaps underappreciated by couples as a means to resolve disputes

Jeremy Wright QC: No one has the requisite experience for AG role

The attorney general talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about working with a non-lawyer Lord Chancellor, the human rights conundrum, and the ever-present threat of terrorism

Going boldly

Vote to stay in the EU, and it's as you were. Vote to leave, and we head into the unknown. Exit negotiations alone could take more than two years

Why try harder?

If the government is not going to fund the care sector, at the very least, they must incentivise providers to re-enter the market, reports Binyamin Ali

We're all lawyers. What's in the name?

CILEx president David Edwards talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about ?growing the institut';s numbers amid a challenging legal marketplace

The 'right to rent' checking regime

The government's new requirements for landlords not only risk increasing bureaucracy and raising rents, but also encouraging discrimination, warns Tessa Shepperson