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FeatureAfter hours
The changes to solicitors’ CPD, from an hours-based to a competency-based regime, are now well under way. Nicola Jones outlines the practicalities of compliance with the new system, and the benefits it can bring for firms and the legal sector
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FeatureRocky road
In a volatile market, the expectations placed on solicitors can put a real strain on their practice. Paul Coombes explains how you can manage expectations and stay ahead in one of the most changeable areas of practice: residential conveyancing
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FeatureRemote control
In the second of our series on outsourcing for law firms, Kerry Underwood explains the benefits his firm realised through setting up an office in South Africa to undertake the firm’s back-office functions
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FeaturePaying the price
Clients are more demanding on fees than ever before, and that pressure shows no signs of waning. But how can you set pricing so it’s both acceptable to the client, and sufficiently profitable for the firm? Robert Mowbray outlines a three-step approach
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FeatureA tangled web
It has been said that there are two types of firms: those that know they have been attacked by cybercriminals, and those that don’t yet know. Francis Dingwall looks at how to prevent attacks, and how to mitigate them when they do happen
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AnalysisRaising the issue
In Reading v Reading, the court was asked to decide whether the word ’issue’ included the testator’s stepchildren and their descendants as well as his own descendants and, if not, to rectify the will.
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FeatureTalking business: highlights from the spring conference
Mark Field, Civil Litigation Section committee member, rounds up the talking points from our spring conference, held on 29 April at Chancery Lane
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EventGetting the work-life balance right: practical changes to give you back control (6 July, London)
This workshop will focus on redressing the balance to assist you to take control and create your desired work life balance
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NewsChanges to the practice direction on pre-action conduct
What you need to know about the changes, in force from 6 April
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NewsDoing Legal Business in Azerbaijan
Our series of Doing Legal Business guides provides an overview and guide to doing legal business in key international markets. Our comprehensive guide gives you a detailed overview of: Information about the legal services market in each country Main economic sectors and areas for law firms How the legal ...
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AnalysisAll change for landlords' repairing obligations?
Peter Reekie considers a case which addresses the extent of a landlord’s repairing obligations where only part of a building is let
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FeatureNew horizon for litigation funding?
Will the rise in civil court fees lead to litigation funders entering the small and medium-sized claims market, asks Rocco Pirozzolo
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FeatureThe price of justice: mitigating the impact of the new court fees
It remains to be seen whether higher fees will improve the courts service. What is evident, though, is that legal advisers acting for either a potential claimant or defendant need to be flexible in the way in which disputes are handled, both in respect of how they are resolved and ...
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