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26 Nov 2010

Editor's Letter: How to live

Law firms are at risk of collapsing if they do not let go of traditions, suggests Manju Manglani

26 Nov 2010

Traffic management: Use website analytics to boost business development

Director David Sealey of Quba reveals how to develop new client leads through website analytics

25 Nov 2010

Appeal judges rebuke divorcing couple over expensive privacy row

Divorcing couples should not use the threat of publication of a court ruling as an aid to enforcement of ancillary relief decisions, the Court of Appeal has said as it overturned a judgment granting a shipping tycoon anonymity.

24 Nov 2010

High Court upholds regulator intervention in sole practitioner firm

A solicitor whose firm was closed down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has had her appeal to the High Court rejected.

24 Nov 2010

Strasbourg deluged by 2,500 applications from UK prisoners

The European Court of Human Rights has received 2,500 applications from convicted prisoners in the UK claiming their human rights have been breached because they are banned from voting in elections.

24 Nov 2010

High Court refuses to postpone calculation of compensation award

The High Court has refused to postpone the calculation of a multi-million personal injury award until the Lord Chancellor, Ken Clarke, decides whether to cut the discount rate.

23 Nov 2010

Provide more innovative routes to qualification, LSB chair tells regulators

Regulators should ensure that they provide more cost-effective and innovative routes to qualification for the widest number of aspiring lawyers, Legal Services Board chairman David Edmonds has said.

22 Nov 2010

Clarke abandons minimum/maximum sentencing plan

Justice secretary Ken Clarke is reported to have abandoned plans for judges to set minimum and maximum jail terms when sentencing criminals, instead of the current system of automatically letting them go half way through their sentences.