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Duty bound: Hughes v Bourne

Joseph Goldsmith reports on the ?nature of a power of appropriation ?as highlighted in Hughes v Bourne

Do charities have an obligation to fulfil the wishes of testators? Alison Talbot looks at the key issues

Don't fear the GAAR, says Lucy Brennan

'Unjust' to impose Part 36 costs rule on brain-damaged boy

Court of Appeal awards costs to claimant lawyers after they fail to beat offer

Does your firm have a sophisticated approach to pricing its legal services?

By Tim Aspinall, Managing Partner, DMH Stallard

Taking leave: the end of 'use it or lose it' holiday policies

The Court of Appeal's decision in NHS Leeds v Larner [2012] EWCA Civ 1034 has brought the issue of the relationship between annual leave and long-term sickness absence back at the forefront of employers' attention.

Editor's blog | Breaking the waves

The profession has the power, collectively, to push back new entrants

The deterrent effect of prosecution costs recovery orders

Extending the civil law concept of proportionality to the making of orders for the 'recovery of prosecution costs would have a greater deterrent effect on repeat offenders, 'says David Pritchard