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In sickness and in wealth: assessing the capacity to marry for elderly or vulnerable people

The threshold to assess capacity to marry for elderly or vulnerable people should remain a low one but the courts should do their utmost to protect them from potential exploitation, says Ian Cranefield

Update | Landlord and tenant: tenancy deposits and prescribed information

Tessa Shepperson examines ongoing problems surrounding tenancy deposits and the prescribed information

Editor's blog | Tomorrow's small claims courts will be online

It's been billed “the small claims court for the 21st century” by the Wall Street Journal and now it's coming to Europe to help businesses resolve low value disputes.

Update | Judicial review: legal aid cuts

Proposals to cut legal aid for judicial review will seriously impede the rule of law, argues Gareth Mitchell

Charities | Uncharitable activities

The Charity Commission does not technically authorise charities but merely checks an organisation uses the 'charity' vehicle for the correct purposes, says Kenneth Dibble

Workshop: Protecting company and family assets in divorce proceedings

Frances Sieber considers the steps family lawyers can take to protect a client's interests on divorce where, as in Prest, a spouse has shares in a private company

Judges will use indemnity costs awards to curb unreasonable behaviour

The courts are likely to impose indemnity costs orders more readily in response to claimants who appear to unjustifiably undermine the possibility of settlement, says Mike Grant

Assessing loss suffered as a result of a freezing injunction

A recent case has shed welcome light on the correct measure of loss following the discharge of an injunction, says Ruth Hughes