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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...

Workshop: Private client: Opposing solicitors who fail to respond

Samantha Ewing

Charities | Chancel repair liability and the Commission

Alice Holt explains chancel repair liability and 'sets out the Commission's guidance on the matter 'to trustees of Parochial Church Councils

View from the bench | The effect of the Simmons decisions

The effect of the Simmons decisions increasing damages by ten per cent may not be what it seems, says District Judge Harold Godwin