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PII under the LSA

Partner Edward Coulson of Davies Arnold Cooper comments on upcoming changes to solicitors' professional indemnity insurance

Editor's Letter: Fighting rules

Managing partners have the unenviable task of getting partners to both fight with each other and work well together, comments Manju Manglani

Cyber threats

Thomas Berman of Berman & Associates comments on how to address the new internet security issues facing law firms

China's growth plan

Robert Sawhney, managing director of SRC Associates, reveals the emerging opportunities for law firms in China

Lord Justice Moses to hear Law Society judicial review

A leading lord justice has been recruited to hear the Law Society's judicial review challenge to the LSC's tender of family legal aid contracts. The hearing, at the High Court, begins this morning.

Prepare for ABSs, minister tells law firms

Lawyers should prepare for ABSs, legal aid minister Jonathan Djanogly (pictured) has said as he confirmed the government's commitment to the introduction of the new regime.

European court fails to resolve possession riddle

Solicitors are looking to the Supreme Court for guidance after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on possession claims failed to resolve the question of when “personal circumstances” are involved.

More clarity needed before will writing can be regulated, LSB says

Establishing the existence of widespread malpractice among will-writing companies is a prerequisite to introducing specific regulation of the sector, the Legal Services Board has said.