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Regulatory sanctions against solicitors back on the rise

The number of solicitors with conditions on their practising certificates has risen 47 per cent over a year from 148 in the second quarter of 2010 to 218 at the end of the first quarter of 2011, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority's latest quarterly report.

Barristers to play full part in ABS firms

Barristers will be allowed to play a full part in ABS firms, the Bar Standards Board has announced.

Paternal instinct

Employees now have the right to take up to six months' paternity leave, but how will this work in practice? Andreas White investigates

Power house

With a judicial review against judicial review reform on the cards, Jamie Beagent states the case

Something for nothing

It's all very shiny and new, yes, but what does this National Pro Bono Centre actually do, asks Russell Conway

Show your working

Costs budgeting may never be more than a minority sport, says Simon Gibbs

Update: PACE

Caroline Day and Jill Lorimer review amendments to police powers in relation to stop and search and taking fingerprints, the consequent changes to the PACE codes of practice, and a case on the 'necessity' test for arrest

Workshop: private client

Eleanor Johnson-Cadwell offers a workshop on income tax savings for discretionary trusts