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Rewarding the negligent and punishing the diligent

Kevin Shannon considers the inherent unfairness in the current law governing rectification of badly drafted wills

COLPs and COFAs: a nervous wait

With the COLP and COFA approval process operating under the usual veil of SRA mystery, firms may start to get a little edgy as Susanna Heley explains

Indemnity insurance for conveyancing

To what extent can indemnity insurance mitigate the risks of land 'and property developers? Simon Taylor looks at the issues

How to cash in on the referral fee ban

Stephen Moore

Life in crime | The life penalty

With a ruling due from Strasbourg in the new year on whole-life prison sentences, David Rhodes considers ?the various arguments

European briefing | To what extent are jurisdictional judgments binding?

Paul Stanley considers the extent to which judgments on jurisdictional issues are ?themselves binding under the judgments regulation

Update | Children: grounds for appeal

With family courts under pressure to issue speedy justice, Noel Arnold tackles some of the grounds for appeal that can emerge'if procedures are not 'properly followed

Update | Charity: increasing sophistication

An increasingly sophisticated third sector has led 'lawyers to reconsider how they categorise this type 'of work, as Hannah Kubie explains