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Divorce update

A year after the Ministry of Justice introduced mediation as an integral part of certain divorce proceedings, Austin Chessell reflects on his experience in practice

Madness, madness

Tom Dumont considers the battle for Bridge on the River Kwai composer Sir Malcolm Arnold's estate

Business as unusual: Business continuity during the Olympics

Nick Brook, head of facilities management at Mills & Reeve, explores how to tackle the business challenges posed by the 2012 Olympics

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Re JC highlights the difficulties of applying the best-interests test in applications for statutory wills, says Joseph Goldsmith

The public is being misled about pre-signed abortion certificates

Health secretary Andrew Lansley's attack on doctors pre-signing abortion certificates is both wrong in law and ignores the realities of medical life, says Barbara Hewson

Purpose alone can no longer determine if there is a deprivation of liberty

Earlier findings by Lord Justice Munby that safeguards do not apply because deprivation of liberty has a benevolent purpose are no longer supported by the...

Modernising archaic easement laws

Proposals to reform the old laws on easements would put an end to unnecessarily complex and uncertain rules, says Mangala Murali

Undertakings: how to avoid the traps

It is essential to carefully consider the circumstances of a case and all possible outcomes before giving an undertaking, says John Coulter