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Mediation matters in family disputes

Carla Ditz looks at the current perceptions of mediation and why it remains largely unrecognised and perhaps underappreciated by couples as a means to resolve...

Jeremy Wright QC: No one has the requisite experience for AG role

The attorney general talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about working with a non-lawyer Lord Chancellor, the human rights conundrum, and the ever-present threat of...

Going boldly

Vote to stay in the EU, and it's as you were. Vote to leave, and we head into the unknown. Exit negotiations alone could take...

Why try harder?

If the government is not going to fund the care sector, at the very least, they must incentivise providers to re-enter the market, reports Binyamin...

We're all lawyers. What's in the name?

CILEx president David Edwards talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about ?growing the institut';s numbers amid a challenging legal marketplace

The 'right to rent' checking regime

The government's new requirements for landlords not only risk increasing bureaucracy and raising rents, but also encouraging discrimination, warns Tessa Shepperson

Proportionality and rationality in judicial review

The decisions in Keyu and Youssef raise further questions about the application of Wednesbury unreasonableness as a standard for judicial review, writes Saara Idelbi

When should a report be qualified?

SRA directions on common breaches of the Accounts Rules have been sparse at best, so solicitors and reporting accountants will welcome new guidance, says Simon...