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Exploring the boundaries

Tamsin Cox and Julia Petrenko review two recent decisions of the Upper Tribunal which consider the jurisdiction of the First-Tier Tribunal in determined boundary applications

Applications to deduct 'from a child's damages

District Judge Nigel Law advises solicitors attending on these applications to comply with the relevant rules and practice directions

The Yukos saga continues

Maria Gritsenko discusses The Hague District Court's annulment of the $50bn arbitration award made to the Russian oil company's shareholders

Hillsborough inquest: Acting for Liverpool

Mark George QC and Marcia Willis Stewart talk to John van der Luit-Drummond about handling the logistics, and the emotions, in one of the grossest...

Spring has sprung for private client practitioners

Victoria Mahon de Palacios advises on the key provisions of the Spring Budget 2016, including a couple of welcome surprises as well as previously announced...

Sex, lies, and the public interest

As the Supreme Court considers the PJS case, Steven Heffer discusses the double standards of the press when it comes to publishing stories in the...

When do solicitors fail to uphold the rule of law?

The SRA and SDT must establish a clear definition of principle 1, so that solicitors aren't punished twice in different jurisdictions for the same act,...

Keeping staff glued 'to your business

The collateral benefit of a firm investing in its people can repay the practice many times over, writes Andrew Hedley