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Update | Charity: Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) report, further changes

Vicki Bowles looks at the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) report and further changes to a rapidly developing sector

Update | Planning: government's growth agenda, village green threat, Habitats Directive

Julian Boswall and Cathryn Tracey examine the government's growth agenda under the Planning Act 2008, an end to the village green threat and the divergence...

Business development | How to effectively reach out on social media

Pushing content to social media is only useful if you understand the person reading it, says Julian Summerhayes

Workshop: Buyer in occupation before completion

The occupation of a property by a buyer before completion should always be discouraged if possible, says John Coulter

Litigation focus | Encouraging beginnings for costs budgeting

As litigators get to grips with the complexities of costs budgeting they should take care to tread carefully, says Clare Robinson

Litigation focus | Towards more creative funding models

The rise in claims funded by third parties is the natural next stage in a funding revolution started thirty years ago, say Tom Custance and...

Litigation focus | LASPO has left judges to step into the unknown

LASPO has left it to ?judges to implement the Jackson reforms as intended, meaning it will be years before litigators can get ?clarity over their...

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...