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The cost of justice

A legal action does not always have to wear down a client's financial resources - there are viable alternative funding options available

CMC stripped of licence after 40 million nuisance calls

'Wilfully ignorant' company 'rips off consumers' and 'demonstrates the worst excesses of the industry'

Foreign investors welcome?

There has been a sharp drop in the number of people using the Tier 1 (investor) visa scheme since recent changes. Should applicants be concerned?

Commercial property: 'The onus is on solicitors

Recent decisions on the overpayment of rent and property search results, as well as changes in Land Registry practice, highlight the importance of the property practitioner's role, write Anthony Goodmaker, Emilie Hobday, and Miri Stickland

The modern day CFA

Gordon Wignall asks whether an assignment of a personal injury CFA is possible

Take on a risk and 'mitigate unconscious bias

Let your female corporate lawyer work part-time, employ a trainee from a 'new' university, or take on an apprentice, advises Louise Hadland

An alternative to litigation?

Arbitration has slowly marched towards recognition and is now a viable alternative to litigation in family dispute resolution

The mission creep of tax evasion

HMRC's proposed legislation will mean heavier financial and criminal penalties for offshore tax evasion, but beware, says Andrew Watters – this is not evasion as we know it