Co-op targets family legal aid - with loyalty points

Thursday, 24 May 2012 Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) has a family legal aid contract and is already working on cases, ahead of the launch of its family law service in July, it revealed today. The news followed the announcement of the mutual’s plans to recruit 3,000 staff and expand its legal services into all 330 of its high street branches, as part of its drive...
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Andrew Newbury

Spousal maintenance - how much and for how long?

Thursday, 24 May 2012 These two questions vex even the most experienced family law practitioners. Disputes over spousal maintenance often preclude an early settlement. Many practitioners have also commented that the approach to an award of spousal maintenance around the country is widely inconsistent, with regional variations being particularly noticeable. In this ar... More In Practice...

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The value of nostalgia explained

Thursday, 10 May 2012 Nostalgia - an incredibly powerful feeling, but also a potential money-making machine as the runaway success of childhood brands so often shows. Many brands have come to realise the potency of nostalgia and the potential value it can add to their brand - both in terms of upping the numbers when it comes to mergers and acquisitions, and in terms of ... More In Business...

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Insolvency exemption in latest no win, no fee U-turn

Thursday, 24 May 2012 Insolvency cases will be exempt from no win, no fee reforms until April 2015, the government has revealed in its second climb-down in its st...
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Official statistics reveal ALS performance shortfall

Thursday, 24 May 2012 Three months into its contract to provide court interpreters Applied Language Solutions (ALS) was not meeting its performance targets, stati...
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A helping hand: sponsorship programmes

Corporations on both sides of the Atlanticare introducing formal sponsorship programmes to propel women and other under-represented groups into very senior roles. Law firms that want to boost diversity at the top of their organisations and improve their business performance should take note. In the US, notes Deborah Epstein Henry, founder and president of US-based legal consultants Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, sponsorship programmes are becoming ‘a hot topic that law firms are considering now that corporate America has begun to adopt them’.



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