The assumption in the current legal aid reforms that the best value tendering proposals will reduce prices ignores evidence pointing to the fragility of the supplier base, argue Colin Beaumont and Paul Beaumont
In the last of three articles on practice development in the age of the Legal Services Act, Kim Tasso considers product and service development, market-focused strategies and distribution channels
In the first of a series articles on the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, Gordon Exall assesses the scope of civil liability and the importance of breach of statutory duty
In the second part of this update, Jim Shepherd and Dominic Preston consider recent Court of Appeal and House of Lords rulings relating to security of tenure, tenancy terms, human rights, disability discrimination and anti-social behaviour
Chore or development opportunity? With the annual CPD deadline of 31 October looming many practitioners are reviewing their CPD hours. Clarissa Dann considers the different approaches to personal development