Clamping down on quack counsellors
There is an urgent need for direct and comprehensive regulation of counsellors, therapists and ‘complementary practitioners’, argue Malcolm Johnson and Richard Reid.
Plea bargaining
Deferred prosecution agreements in the UK are barely into double figures, whereas the US is a repeat user. Will new anti-fraud legislation increase their appeal? Katharine Freeland reports.
Hormonal imbalance – the silent predator
Men’s health.
Basis period reform: What does it mean for law firms?
Tax liability. (Sponsored content.)
Data page – January 2025
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
Off the hamster wheel
The not-for-profit law firm is not a euphemism for losing money. Katharine Freeland talks to lawyers who are billing clients for whole new reasons.
NQ pay wars devalue employed sector, say GCs
In-house insights – part two.
A little goes a long way: the Law Society Charity after 50 years
The Law Society Charity supports registered charities whose principal aims are to help members in the areas of access to justice, legal education or human rights.
Wellbeing: Getting back to fitness
How I found ‘me’ again.
Rights and wrongs
To many, the European Convention on Human Rights and its court stand in the way of the UK achieving its post-Brexit potential.
Basis period reform: What does it mean for law firms?
Tax liability. (Sponsored content.)
AI and the Importance of the Legal Chronology
Sponsored content. Harry Boxall, founder at Safelink, explains what a legal chronology should offer.
Your roadmap to law firm success
Catrin Macleod, Product Manager at Dye & Durham, on why legal practice management is important (sponsored content).
Improved Practising Certificate Renewal Portal: now live
(Sponsored content.) Craig Reid, Sales Director at Shire Professional Funding, on enhancements made to the payment portal for Practising Certificate fees.
'Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of.' Socrates
(Sponsored content.) Does Your Reputation Accurately Reflect Your Brand?
The cost of birth trauma
(Sponsored content).
Insight: Preparing law firms for the impact of AI
Sponsored content. Gareth Walker, CEO at LEAP UK, on the opportunity presented by artificial intelligence.
Insight: Generative AI tools in the legal market and the escalating enthusiasm
Sponsored content. Laura Halls, Content Marketing Manager at LexisNexis, takes a deep dive into the intensifying hunger for generative AI tools across the UK legal market.
Breaking tradition: Irwin Mitchell leads industry shift with Lexis+ AI
(Sponsored content.) Tahsin Arabi explores the transforming legal landscape thanks to the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence.
Seven in ten wills ignore the issue of digital legacy
How many of us have planned a good digital legacy? Solicitors and financial advisers can help change that. (Advertising feature.)