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March 2018

Borrowings, partner capital and profitability
Using illustrative examples, this article explains three key ratios that banks use to assess the profitability of their law firm clients
GDPR and the cloud
What will be the impact of the GDPR on cloud providers to legal firms? This article explains the points that should be covered in a service contract to ensure a firm's compliance
Employment claims: is the flood still to come?
Discussion of the impact of the abolition of employment tribunal fees, and the likelihood of a deluge of historic claims
Contributory fault: drivers, cyclists and pedestrians
A review of the recent decisions, in the wake of a UK Supreme Court ruling, assessing the degree of contributory negligence of pedestrians and cyclists injured in accidents involving motor vehicles
Reading for pleasure
This month's selection of leisure reading, chosen by the Journal's book review editor
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In this issue

  • Borrowings, partner capital and profitability
  • GDPR and the cloud
  • Employment claims: is the flood still to come?
  • Contributory fault: drivers, cyclists and pedestrians
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Opinion: Derek McCabe
  • Book reviews
  • Profile: Siobhan Kahmann
  • President's column
  • Application changes coming
  • People on the move
  • Seeking a better way
  • Beyond borders
  • Drawings and profitability
  • Enforceable rights or progressive policy goals?
  • Conflict theory: it works
  • What the liquidators don't tell you
  • The office on the move
  • Please can we have some more?
  • Health check for doctors' lines
  • When creditors come first
  • Keeping goods exclusive
  • Tenant Farming Commissioner: the story so far
  • HSE appeals: experts allowed in
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Please don't stop the music
  • Broadcasting's business end
  • Public policy highlights
  • Scam warnings escalate
  • This time it's personal
  • The game's not a bogey!
  • "Only amateurs attack machines; professionals target people"
  • When estate agents need client ID
  • Banks, client accounts and the Money Laundering Regulations
  • Third party rights: what now?
  • Ask Ash

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