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Consumer update

Geoffrey Simpson-Scott provides further guidance on proving PPI mis-selling claims in light of a recent Court of Appeal decision

Family update

Austin Chessell advises practitioners on how to best classify, promote and grow the recognition of mediation services

The power of the personal touch

You can't put a price on the calmness and organisation of support staff, says Claire Currie

The HTA and paternity testing

Sarah White reminds solicitors that DNA and gene collection and sampling is a regulated market

Why advocacy standards must be maintained

Following an international conference on advocacy, the first of its kind, Jeremy Robson discusses the economic and political threats this particular area of the profession faces

60-second interview: Nicholas Hughes

Frequent and complex changes to the tax system make life difficult for both adviser and client, Nicholas Hughes tells PCA

The price you pay

What is the price of justice? According to the courts in Germany, the answer to that question is about £60m ($100m).

News in brief: week beginning 4 August 2014

Synthetic drugs, the Law Society's Excellence Awards and Irwin Mitchell's ABS venture