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Proportionality rule is a tough pill to swallow

Following recent case law, costs lawyers are in limbo, not knowing if they will get paid for what they are doing, writes Francis Kendall

The fickle 'hand of fate

Richard Barr contemplates a sliding doors ?moment for two Anglo-American romances ?back in the forties

Testing discretion

Saara Idelbi discusses the scope of the powers and duties of the domestic and European courts in relation to data protection, and of the bodies responsible for regulating and monitoring healthcare professionals

Not overstating the significance of Tyco

Fortunately for employers, the CJEU ruling does not prescribe ?that employees be paid to travel to and from work, explains Sean Jones QC

Fortune rookie

High-net-worth individuals in Hong Kong are fast appreciating the need to have a robust succession planning strategy in place,reports Patricia Woo

Pre-medical settlement offers: 'Tis the season

Chris Neale considers an unwelcome blight to the festive period

CQS accreditation is 'no longer enough

Further restrictions being introduced by panels risk alienating perfectly good conveyancing firms and leave buyers with unenviable choices, discusses Jennifer Williamson

Banging the legal aid, human rights, and diversity drums

Law Society president Jonathan Smithers talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about firefighting some of the most difficult issues Chancery Lane has ever had to face