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Guiding Parents: Early Separation Conversations and the Welfare Principle

How family practitioners can support child-focused communication at separation and use mediation to reduce conflict and litigation risk

Outdated practices undermine justice system

The reliance on a diesel van for transporting legal papers highlights the justice system's lack of modernisation

New guidance aids solicitors on Welsh law

The Law Society has launched a practice note to support solicitors navigating the growing distinctions in Welsh law and England's legislation as legal complexities increase

Wine Enterprise Investment Scheme v Crowe UK: auditor negligence, causation and the limits of shareholder recovery

Damages of just over £100,000 awarded after seven years of negligent audits failed to detect a Ponzi-style fraud.

Ugolor v Ugolor: will set aside for want of knowledge and approval after court finds beneficiary likely drafted document

A homemade will leaving an estate to a single child has been pronounced invalid after the High Court found the deceased probably did not know or approve its contents.

Hough v Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service: striking-off upheld after paramedic misconduct findings

Striking-off order confirmed for senior paramedic following dishonesty and unsafe clinical practice.

SJ Interview: Keith Froud

Keith Froud, Global Co-CEO and International Chief Executive of Eversheds Sutherland, has spent over three decades in corporate M&A before moving into global leadership. In this interview, he reflects on deal strategy, decision-making in complex organisations, the evolution of the international legal market, and the impact of technological change on the profession

The normalisation of uncertainty

Uncertainty is no longer episodic but structural—reshaping how lawyers advise, litigate, and manage risk across an increasingly volatile global landscape

Howard Kennedy boosts real estate team

Howard Kennedy has appointed Paul Moran as a Partner, enhancing its Real Estate team and offerings

CLLS launches construction law training programme

The City of London Law Society's Foundations programme aims to educate trainees and solicitors in construction law