Ombudsman 'concerned' at SRA file retention plan
Legal complaints handler accepts relatively few will be affected, but says move could harm access to justice.
Malaysia: open for business?
Malaysia is liberalising its legal market, but foreign firms are still not sure what to expect.
Medical negligence lawyers face gloomy prognosis
Changes to civil litigation funding and costs are beginning to bite in the clinical negligence sector.
Autism and the criminal justice system
It is essential that improvements are made to identify early on those in the criminal justice system who have ASD so that they can be provided with the appropriate professional support.
Expert witnesses: pain and gain
The Gazette looks at the greatly altered landscape in which expert witnesses are now expected to operate.
How To: handle OFR in-house
In-house lawyers seeking to comply with outcomes-focused regulation are dealing with a regime that is ‘dynamic’ and constantly evolving.
How To: run a small firm
How does the small but perfectly formed legal practice manage its business?
How To: reduce staff pay
Cutting pay could help your law firm remain sustainable, but it has to be done carefully and with extreme sensitivity.
Kazakhstan is a magnet for investors but its legal system is a work in progress
Kazakhstan is enjoying an economic boom but politics plays a big part as lawyers seek to carve out practices.
In business
Banking on solid foundations
The relationship between SGI Legal and NatWest underlines the importance of making funding decisions within agreed timescales.
China, Cameron and sausages
A Devon food producer was on the list of those on a trade trip to China. But where were the law firms?
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Legal aid is increasingly bureaucratic, unprofitable and risky.
Flexible working: not just ‘a woman thing’
The attitude that ‘home is for wimps’ benefits no one.
Going open plan
The chief executive of Hardwicke Chambers shares her experience of going open plan.
What sort of question is that?
Form-filling is increasingly becoming part of the job. But how many solicitors answer the questions honestly?
