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Welcome to the lion's den

As the ombudsman prepares to open shop, solicitors face hurried complaints handling and the possibility of a surge in speculative negligence claims, says Susanna Heley

Update: charity

Charlotte Watts reviews the gift aid rules, failure of charitable gifts, equality legislation, and new measures to make it easier for charities to sell land

Bringing the house down

In-house legal privilege is the latest casualty of a disappointing lack of sustained discussion that surrounds so many ECJ decisions, says Paul Stanley NO

Same but different

Martin Coleman, SRA board member representing City firms' interests, tells Jean-Yves Gilg why one size can't fit all when it comes to regulation

Update: personal injury

Vijay Ganapathy discusses recovering hospice treatment costs, overcoming the burden of proof in cases on industrial deafness, solicitors' hourly rates and occupiers' liability

Muhdah!

Everybody loves a good one: old ladies, vicars, poets, aristocrats, hard-bitten old soak boozers, opera-loving intellectuals, doctors, lawyers and everybody else on the sofa: murder...

Sod's law

The law can be dumb. We celebrate that fact here

A logical union

Mike Jones, managing director of Intrinsic Values, asks if lawyers and accountants can work under the same roof