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Update: family (children)
Solicitors Journal

Update: family (children)

Noel Arnold discusses cases on parenthood in residence and contact proceedings, section 91(14) orders and further clarification of the test for interim removal
Update: local government
Solicitors Journal

Update: local government

Justin Bates reviews cases involving the power of local authorities to establish insurance companies, disclosure of confidential information, disagreement over who owes a section 20 duty and determining age in asylum cases
Eye of the beholder
Solicitors Journal

Eye of the beholder

Conducting a trial without a jury will be a flawed process if judicial bias is seen to be a realistic possibility, says David Rhodes
Time for a change
Solicitors Journal

Time for a change

Change should be viewed as a source of opportunity, but only firms that embrace it and handle it correctly will see the benefits, says Dianne Bown-Wilson
Supreme craftsmanship
Solicitors Journal

Supreme craftsmanship

Set up as a modern, independent institution, the Supreme Court has already started developing its own ways. In his first interview, Lord Hope talks to Jean-Yves Gilg about how judgments are fashioned
In the name of duty
Solicitors Journal

In the name of duty

The scope of the standard of care owed to clients may have widened, but the courts are unlikely to find practitioners liable for faults which are not related to the job they are retained to do, says Sophie Brake
A driving force
Solicitors Journal

A driving force

One year after coming into force, the Forced Marriage Act 2007 has had a successful start, but its progress will continue to be closely monitored, says Louise McCallum
Overdrawn but not over
Solicitors Journal

Overdrawn but not over

Andrew Head examines the impact of the bank charges ruling on the thousands of cases that were stayed pending the outcome of the case