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Update: education

With big change afoot, Anita Chopra and Salima Mawji consider the education bill, the green paper on special educational needs and a High Court discussion of the contractual relationship between a law student and her university

Workshop: private client

THE RELUCTANT EXECUTOR: Lloyd Junor explains what to do if your executor goes AWOL

Lawyers' got talent?

In his countdown to the big bang, Stuart Bushell asks whether it is possible to preserve the impression of quality in a mass marketing age

Hit the road

DJ Julie Exton marks the first birthday of the RTA protocol

You say, we pay?

With the LSB failing to make an emphatic decision on referral fees, the debate is sure to drone on. But short of government intervention, what can be done? And does it matter anyway with ABSs hovering on the horizon? Lawyers on the frontline state their case

Pound stretchers

Rani Mina and Tom Duncan investigate a new costs management pilot scheme that is set to be rolled out in the autumn

At your service

When the ABS era arrives, many law firms will struggle to compete with the flawless customer service offered by the big non-legal brands – but it's not too late to improve standards, says Andrew Morton

Blame game

Have the new sentencing guidelines lost sight of culpability? Jeannie Mackie investigates