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Star performers

A successful litigation department is not one that has the highest billable hours, says David Higham

Time really is money

The increasing obsession with accurate time recording is threatening the excellence of the profession, says DJ Terence John

Natural Act (2)

In his second article on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, James Pavey analyses how new provisions on wildlife protection, Sites of Special...

Update: trusts

Finance Act 2006 changesInter vivos trusts Trusts IPDIsBereaved minors18-25 trustsTransitional provisionsLife policiesCGT and modernisationSettlor interested trustTrustee residence By Catherine Sanders

Free range

New agricultural tenancies rules should help farmers compete more efficiently, says William Batstone

Practice area focus: children law

Children law is beset by difficult issues: Jean-Yves Gilg reports on open courts, legal funding and lawyers' concerns over a creaking system

SJ interview: Sir Mark Potter

In an exclusive interview, the president of the family division tells Jean-Yves Gilg why he welcomes delaying the Carter reforms and shares his reservations over...

Rome III... or not

James Stewart examines the consequences for divorcing couples of Britain's withdrawal from the draft Rome III regulation