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All's fair: lifting the corporate veil in divorce proceedings

More detailed guidance is needed to establish how family courts can achieve fairness in divorce cases where one party's assets are held in a corporate entity, says Kirstie Law

How to create growth in a no growth world

Survival means seeing the obvious targets. Julian Summerhayes explains

Civil conduct | Russian oligarchs, English courts and Boris

Boris may be in favour, but Russian oligarchs ?litigating in English courts isn't straightforward. ?Gavin Foggo and Molly Ahmed report

Workshop: Property: claims of rectification

John Coulter looks at situations where 'errors occur through no fault of conveyancers 'and a claim of rectification is made

Update | Judicial review: Is it really to blame for delaying economic growth?

Gareth Mitchell asks whether judicial reviews and consultations are really to blame for holding up economic growth

Update | Company law: Compulsory transfer provisions

Mark Lucas examines whether compulsory transfer provisions may be unenforceable penalties

Less cost, more control: should everybody draw up lasting powers of attorney?

The public guardian would like every adult in England to consider drawing up lasting powers of attorney. Is this a realistic objective? Jean-Yves Gilg reports

Update | Family: shared parenting

Shared parenting presumptions set 'to be introduced in the Children Act 1989 will remind parents that children cannot be used as pawns in disputes between adults. 'Austin Chessell reports