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Whiplash backlash

Improvements to processes are welcome, but reducing access to justice for accident victims is unacceptable, says Donna Scully

We need new laws to ensure transparency in the family courts

The family courts process is more transparent but legislation is needed to achieve true openness in public law cases, says Marilyn Stowe

Greater Snoreing running out of solicitors

There were so many clients jostling to visit the solicitors' offices in Greater Snoreing that the local policeman had to be called to keep public order, particularly among a group of militant elderly ladies who had become convinced that unless they topped up their wills that very day they would die at sundown and all their relatives would be disinherited.

Abolishing minimum salary 'may trigger legal challenge'

Law Society says SRA 'misguided' in launching proposals in advance of LETR

Sole practitioner wins negligence battle over Hendrix concert

Sole practitioner Clive Sutton has seen off a High Court negligence action by a former client who claimed he was badly advised in a row over a CD of two concert performances given by rock legend Jimi Hendrix in Stockholm in January 1969.

Labouring away: Launching a new law firm model in Italy

Co-managing partners Luca Failla and Francesco Rotondi reflect upon LabLaw's journey from radical concept to award-winning firm

Crisis of confidence: Data protection issues for law firms in the EU

Firms in the EU are at higher risk of incurring penalties for failing to protect client data, warn Andrew Horrocks and Charlotte Worlock of Clyde & Co

Is Nicklinson a case for the courts?

No, says Clive Sims. A full examination of the issues can only be made by parliament