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Retainer: Knowing the limits

Making sure your retainer is in writing is only the first step to minimising misunderstanding about its scope, say Simon Butler and Tom Rainsbury

Bar joins Law Society in assault on QASA

Scheme should not simply provide 'low minimum standard of competence'

Barclays to keep client funds for barristers

BARCO to put barristers on 'level playing field' with solicitors

Litigation focus | Broader funding opportunities: introducing damages-based agreements

Graham Huntley discusses the potential impact of damages-based agreements as we approach their roll out across all types of civil litigation

Life in crime | Commitment issues

Advocates must sometimes resist the temptation 'to keep the brief in-house and avoid being in a position where they are unable to attend court if they want to 'escape wasted costs orders, says Lucy Corrin

LSB approves Bar aptitude test

Timescale to be finalised but Bar Standards Board commits to review after five years

Felix | Lawyers to the rescue

We may be unappreciated and unloved members of society, but we are worth hanging on to, says Felix

Now is not the time for infighting over quality assessment

Accreditation is a positive step towards ensuring 'quality representation, argues Felicity Gerry