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Justifying age discrimination'on grounds of cost

Regarding cost as a justification to age discrimination alongside 'other factors' involves unsatisfactory game playing for both employees and employers, says Deshpal Panesar

Fair share? Scottish wills

Jacqueline Leslie discusses prior legal rights that automatically entitle families in Scotland to a share of a deceased's estate

View from the bench | Counting the minutes and the pennies

Costs, time management and targets will become ?a bigger concern in a post-Jackson world for both ?litigants and judges, says Richard Chapman

Is specific performance an option for landlords?

The strict conditions set out by the courts for landlords to be able to rely on the ?equitable remedy shouldn't discourage potential applicants, says Emma...

Bar Focus | An advocacy scheme to benefit who?

 With QASA due for gradual implementation in the new year, Abigail Bright questions whether seeing the scheme in practice will stem the tide of scepticism

Bar Focus | Changing the game

Faced with alternative business structures, downward pressure on fees and rising tensions in chambers, the rules of engagement have changed at the Bar and the...

Bar Focus | Wales: rise of innovative sets

With innovative chambers opening up to provide independent advocacy services, ?the demise of a major Welsh set and the poor health of the local economy...

Bar Focus | Embracing purposeful change

However inevitable and relevant, change must not be made to the detriment 'of our professional standards, says Maura McGowan QC