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A la carte disclosure: options for litigators on the new Jackson menu

With their new list approach, updated civil procedures rules should help litigators keeping a tighter grip on disclosure costs, but which options will be the most popular, ask Costa Kypre and Mark Chesher

Updating the constitution

Alan Cockerill reviews the new importance vested in a companys articles following the implementation of the Companies Act 2006

Cost assessment in transition

With the Jackson reforms unravelling from this week, Simon Gibbs runs through some of the transitional provisions aimed at getting us from here, to there

Unleashed | The search for employment

Russell Conway shares his reflections on the questionable calibre of contemporary aspiring lawyers

It's family law, but not how we knew it

Should law firms be responsible for means testing clients to establish what they can afford to pay for legal advice? Toby Hales weighs up the cost of cuts to publicly funded family law

Mobile device management

Flexible and remote working has led to employees bringing their own mobile devices into the workplace. Damian Blackburn explores the risks this raises and how to mitigate them

Update | Pensions: Same-sex partnerships and defined benefit pension schemes?

As same-sex partnerships gain increasing equality, Jennie Kreser looks at the likely impact on defined benefit pension schemes

Update | Employment: controversial reform proposals

Its been a controversial few months, with various employment reforms under proposal. Stephen Levinson reports