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Adding insult to injury

Jock Mackenzie discusses time and event cause and effect, negligence in pre-existing disabilities and strikes against a doctor's name

Portrait of a competent solicitor

A cheeky Richard Barr reminds solicitors to keep a spring in their step as the new training regime approaches

Barrister...

...Giles Newell has become a Twitter sensation after walking into a lamp post.

Legal Ombudsman names barrister in first public interest case

Rare publication is a result of 'a systemic failure' by lawyer

Administrative tasks are prohibiting lawyers' productivity

Survey shows workloads are limiting innovation in the legal sector

Third of all FTSE 100 litigation involve banks

Financial Services sector involved in 81 of 178 FTSE 100 High Court cases

Reduction in the number of cases received by the Court of Appeal

6,116 applications to appeal sentencing and convictions received by the court in the last legal year

Hidden control

In their eagerness to quell multi-national tax evasion, will the government's Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill 2014-15 create the desired level of transparency, or will it spook business into becoming even more secretive, asks Lucy Edwards