Sarah Clune considers the decision on how the public benefit should apply to independent schools, the Attorney General's reference on benevolent funds and the Wedgwood Museum pensions case
Nobody can predict how outcomes-focused regulation will turn out, so, while firms need to prepare, why the doom over the new regulatory framework? asks Mike Scutt
The Victorian era is indelibly linked to great British prosperity but also the images of overcrowded slums and the grim spectre of the workhouse. Whether we celebrate our ancestors' achievements or condemn their wrongdoings, we are very much beholden to the Victorians for affording us more leisure time and fashioning the way we enjoy the festive season.
Sir Nicholas Wall, president of the Family Division, has made parental orders in favour of a couple who obtained two children by paying surrogate mothers in India, despite admitting that it was unclear how much money the surrogates received and what was covered.
