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Ignorance is amiss

How can a trust harm others? Nicholas Holland discusses trustees' fiduciary obligations and the consequence of Nelsonian knowledge

Stuart Fuller: How he is creating a 'challenger' global law firm

Manju Manglani speaks with Stuart Fuller about how King & Wood Mallesons is gearing up to become a 'challenger' global law firm

Countdown to launch: Merging marketing on a tight deadline

Jeff Berardi and Debra Woodman reveal how they integrated their firms' marketing functions on a tight merger deadline

Is the sun setting on our regulatory way of life?

If the responses on a single regulator from the SRA and Law Society are anything to go by yet more change is on the horizon, says Susanna Heley

Cohabitation reform is a divisive issue

While cohabitation rights may not be a vote winner, it is a priority for family practitioners and must be addressed, says Julia Thackray

Case in point | A once powerful weapon

Richard Easton looks at the legacy of notorious French 'advocate Jacques Vergès and his défense de rupture

Riding on Slaters' coat-tails

For most high street firms, £1m is a lot of money. Well over their average annual turnover. But £1m is what Slater & Gordon are spending on their first ad campaign, which aired on television earlier this week. Still, it's only a fifth of the estimated £5m that Co-op Legal Services spent on their ad campaign earlier this year. And it's just loose change in comparison with the £15m QualitySolicitors splashed out on their lifestyle ad campaign in March 2012.

Chancel repair: the risk lives on

Instead of abolishing chancel repair liability law, parliament has chosen to perpetuate the risk for homebuyers and their lawyers, says Liverpool solicitor Daphne Bridson