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Update | Children: interim care orders at without notice hearings, changes to expert witness evidence

Noel Arnold examines interim care orders at without notice hearings and changes to expert witness evidence, and says goodbye to family law legal aid

Update | Insolvency: when the objective 'may be objectionable in administration

Denise Fawcett examines when the objective may be objectionable in administration

Workshop: Deadlines, royalties and libel risk

Authors don't have to accept publishing contracts tilted in favour of publishers, says Jonathan Silverman

Wasting assets in the frame

When is a painting not a painting? Natasha Hassall looks at the importance of statutory definitions

A la carte disclosure: options for litigators on the new Jackson menu

With their new list approach, updated civil procedures rules should help litigators keeping a tighter grip on disclosure costs, but which options will be the most popular, ask Costa Kypre and Mark Chesher

Cost assessment in transition

With the Jackson reforms unravelling from this week, Simon Gibbs runs through some of the transitional provisions aimed at getting us from here, to there

Mobile device management

Flexible and remote working has led to employees bringing their own mobile devices into the workplace. Damian Blackburn explores the risks this raises and how to mitigate them

Update | Pensions: Same-sex partnerships and defined benefit pension schemes?

As same-sex partnerships gain increasing equality, Jennie Kreser looks at the likely impact on defined benefit pension schemes