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The Business
Mark McAteer reports on the mounting inevitability of redundancy measures, plus market-leading analysis on the month’s top stories

The National
Maria Jackson reports on Freeth Cartwright’s redundancy consultation. Plus, Morgan Cole acquires a Bristol bolthole and Boyes Turner hires a top Osborne Clarke partner image
The Client
The arrival of a former Nokia patent expert boosts Powell Gilbert’s intellectual property offering

The Client profile
The Crown Estate's Vivienne King on debt, diversity and the failing property market
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Sun burnt
Since 2004, Halliwells’ financial growth has been meteoric. But has the firm bitten off more than it can chew? Chris Johnson investigates Read more...
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The ultimate partner moves and our special Job of the Month section

Pritchard
Credit crisis rattles the legal sector

The Forum
Turning lawyers into leaders

The Last Word
Baker & McKenzie’s Paul Melling recalls practising behind the Iron Curtain
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Powerhouses

There has been a renaissance in the nuclear energy market, but specialists are in short supply. Maria Jackson looks at the firms best placed to clean up Read more...

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Raising the Bar

Chambers may have undergone a recent image overhaul, but the Bar is still coming under scrutiny. Ben Rigby asks if highly paid silks could become a thing of the past Read more...

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Caribbean crews

Offshore litigators are seeing an upsurge in hedge fund-related activity. James Lewis speaks to the firms fighting fires Read more...

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Fighting talk

The UK offshore centres may be frustrated by yet another review, but they’re confident of being given a clean bill of health, says Mark McAteer Read more...

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Crowd control

With an increasing number of international law firms setting up shop in Brazil, Miguel Cortez considers whether its legal market will ever fully liberalise Read more...