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Circle the wagons or come out all guns blazing

If you want to fend off ABS marauders running amok in the 'new wild west of legal services you must use your website as an active marketing weapon, says Paul Hajek

ABS countdown | The Australians are coming

As Slater & Gordon continues to acquire English law firms, Stuart Bushell asks what can UK lawyers learn from the Australian approach and external investment generally

Not a dirty word

Understanding your services and your place in the market as a firm is key to proper pricing, says Ursula Rice

Northern delights | All the world's a stage

Dodgy representations of legal services in a new play makes Kevin Poulter wonder what the outside world thinks of lawyers

Update | Court of Protection: significant developments in healthcare treatment and welfare

The Court of Protection's decision to allow non-therapeutic vasectomy for the first time is only one of several significant developments in healthcare treatment and welfare, says Fiona Scolding

Update | Intellectual property: wide-ranging changes

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act and the Intellectual Property Bill will bring about exceptionally wide-ranging changes, says Susan Singleton

Workshop: Obtaining probate for a foreign domiciled deceased

Increasingly clients have assets in several countries. Colin Dunston examines obtaining ?a grant to an estate in England and Wales where the deceased died domiciled abroad

Guts for garters

Instinct doesn't help advisers or clients when discussing finances. But you can live today and plan for tomorrow with good measure, says Steven Hennessy