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Editor's Letter: Playing to strengths

Manju Manglani asks how far an attractive personality is necessary to secure success as a managing partner

Lateral expansion (part 2)

Thomas Berman, principal of Berman & Associates, comments on the common pitfalls of hiring laterals for branch offices

China: Battle for talent

PRC law firms are gearing up to become internationally competitive, says Robert Sawhney, managing director of SRC Associates

See past the hype

Michael Shaw, managing partner of Cobbetts, says the UK legal sector is over-excited by the option of external investment

The value of nothing

If there is any justice, this column will be out of date by the time you read it. "Rubbish!" you will say, tossing the magazine...

Update: residential property

Janet Armstrong-Fox bids farewell to HIPS and reviews the risk of losing the benefit of an easement, the new Consumer Code for Home Builders, developer...

Keep on roaming

The decision to uphold EU legislation limiting mobile phone 'roaming' charges is a predictable but welcome outcome, says Paul Stanley NO

Trivial defamation claims must be discouraged, says Tugendhat

Seriousness must be central to a claim for libel, the High Court has ruled.