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25 Oct 2010

Editor's Letter: Innovating change

The principles of dog training could be used to develop a positive attitude to change in law firms, suggests Manju Manglani

25 Oct 2010

Tackling e-disclosure

Tracey Stretton of Kroll Ontrack comments on the new e-disclosure requirements for multi-track English cases

25 Oct 2010

Law firm MBAs

Melissa Hardee of Hardee Consulting asks if MBAs are the best way of developing commercial awareness

25 Oct 2010

Art of retention

Rona Cargill, HR director at Harper Macleod, comments on the importance of treating employees well in a recession

21 Oct 2010

Djanogly reverses abolition of court fees in care proceedings

In an unexpected announcement, the justice minister, Jonathan Djanogly, has today reversed the abolition of court fees for local authorities in care and supervision proceedings.

20 Oct 2010

MoJ budget to be cut by 23 per cent

The MoJ's budget will be cut by 23 per cent over the next four years, the chancellor George Osborne told parliament today.

20 Oct 2010

Prenups can be 'decisive', Supreme Court rules

Prenuptial agreements can be given “decisive weight” by the courts when dividing assets on divorce, the Supreme Court has ruled.

19 Oct 2010

Supreme Court hears expenses appeal

An appeal by former Labour MPs Jim Devine, David Chaytor and Elliot Morley, charged with theft by false accounting in the wake of the expenses scandal, opened at the Supreme Court yesterday and continues today.