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Editor's blog | Unrated insurers: the warped Balva economy

You don't need to be one of the 1,300 firms with Balva policies to wonder what on earth the SRA has been doing since the Riga-based insurer was forced into administration after the Latvian financial services regulator withdrew all its operating licences earlier this week.

Tales of the unexpected

When relatives show up to claim their slice of an estate, there ?may be others unaware of the potential inheritance, says Fraser & Fraser

Risk test: The risks that create professional liability claims

Matt Humphrey discusses how to test your firm's systems and processes for risks that could lead to professional liability claims

Five ways to tackle the cash disconnect at the backbench partner level

By Nick Jarrett-Kerr, Visiting Professor, Nottingham Law School

Beyond competitors: Partnering with another legal services provider

Tim Aspinall explains why DMH Stallard decided to form a strategic alliance with Riverview Law

Should will writing be the 'loss leader' in your private client services chain?

Persuading clients that one of your partners should act as executor of their wills is a reasonable strategy to keep your will-writing business thriving but it is not without risks, say Mike Jarrett and Justin Holmes

Society of Conservative Lawyers attacks price competitive tendering

PCT could lead to 'the creation of anti-competitive monopolies'

Unrated and unreliable?

Not all SME law firms support the solicitors' representative body's stance on unrated insurers