David Bird reviews the latest developments in tax and estate planning, including negligible value claims for CGT, inheritance taxand agricultural property relief
Thousands of British travellers were left out of pocket by the chaos caused by the volcanic ash cloud. Craig Moore reviews the legal framework relating to financial and other redress
The long-awaited revised procedure for low-value RTA claims introduces staged payments for solicitors and should mean injured claimants are compensated more quickly. DJ Paul Mildred takes a closer look at the three stages of the process
Elected judges, robots for paralegals, and download-it-yourself claims forms: Russell Conway considers the brave new world of the law as it could be in 2025
By the time you turn to the back page ofSJ you may already have had several days under the new government of the BWP (Bigoted Woman Party) or the NMDA (Norfolk Mallard Duck Alliance) both of which had been able to keep so well under the radar of the opinion polls that nobody knew they existed until it was too late.
Courts cannot order “closed material procedures†when hearing ordinary civil claims, such as for damages or breach of statutory duty, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
