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Less cost, more control: should everybody draw up lasting powers of attorney?

The public guardian would like every adult in England to consider drawing up lasting powers of attorney. Is this a realistic objective? Jean-Yves Gilg reports

Local Law “still in soft launch position”

'First firm to be signed up by end of year'

Editor's blog | Commodity brokers

Rocket Lawyer and its contemporaries offer not just a new type of service, but a new type of relationship

Update | Family: shared parenting

Shared parenting presumptions set 'to be introduced in the Children Act 1989 will remind parents that children cannot be used as pawns in disputes between adults. 'Austin Chessell reports

The private and the personal in Smith v Trafford Housing Trust

Anna Macey looks at the case of the housing manager ?who criticised gay marriage and was wrongfully ?dismissed, yet received only £100 in damages

Making consumer law fit for purpose

Jon Bartley welcomes the simplication of consumer laws ?into a single, consolidating Consumer Bill of Rights ?

Welfare reform: the new postcode lottery

The impact of cuts to legal aid for welfare and benefits ?advice cannot be understated, says Steve Hynes

Workshop: Private client: Opposing solicitors who fail to respond

Samantha Ewing