Lynne Passmore reviews the rise in pre-nuptial agreements, disclosure, invalid marriages, selling the matrimonial home, gifts made to the husband and periodical payments
Anita Chopra and Salima Mawji discuss the Lamb enquiry, the JFS ruling, school admissions, parental involvement in schools, burden of proof in exclusion cases and other developments in higher education law
Charities that rely heavily on legacy income should not be put off challenging the validity of a will by the ruling in Gill, but they should carefully assess the risks involved before taking action, says Gareth Ledsham
Recent changes to the structure of the Charity Tribunal will open up various appeal opportunities, but the Charity Commission will remain the first port of call in many decision-review processes, says Kenneth Dibble
Criminal trials have been big news in the last few weeks; allegations of murder or attempted murder have been tried in that most vexed area of human tragedy, the participation in the death of a loved one in extreme circumstances: mothers and children at their wits end and wishing life's end. How on earth can we judge? The other fraught area of homicide is the killing of an abusive partner – the years of violence and terror that culminate in a moment of anguished violence: was it self-defence or provocation, or plain old murder? And then, on top of that, we have the dreadful Doncaster case where the dark pit of human kind has been reopened and we just hang our heads in shame and disbelief.
Dominic Grieve QC, shadow justice secretary, has championed alternative methods of funding legal aid, while saying that the LSC was “not fit for purposeâ€.
West Sussex Council County was liable for a woman's injuries after she drove into a tree, even though she admitted driving too fast on an icy road. The Court of Appeal ruled that the council had failed to maintain the grass verge properly.
