Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7418

Philip Thornton considers fairness & accountability in public office dismissals

Lista M Cannon & Alex H Rene assess compliance confrontations in the wake of the new Bribery Act

The statutory service charge consultation procedure in a nutshell, by Robert Highmore & Malcolm Dowden

David Locke believes a new ADR protocol could resuscitate the Jackson proposals

Nick Hine joined Davies Arnold Cooper LLP as partner of their employment group on 17 May.

Sector activity doubles in the past three years according to CEDR research
Commercial and civil mediation in the UK has grown by 30%, and mediation activity as whole has doubled, in the last three years according to the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution’s (CEDR) fourth Mediation Audit.

Facebook’s privacy setting change is “unacceptable”, Europe’s privacy watchdog has warned.

Small law firms saw profits per equity partner fall 24% as the recession hit, according to the Law Society Law Management Section’s annual profitability survey. The median net profit per equity partner fall from £114,078 in 2008 to £86,960 this year. Approximately 18% of a practice’s total income is equity partner profit, compared to 24% in 2008.

Legal businesses are showing resilience in the economic downturn, according to research from accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.

Child Support Agency v Forrest [2010] All ER (D) 126 (May)