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Bury St Edmunds divorce centre an administrative hurdle for family justice

MoJ plans for divorce centres criticised as 'woefully inadequate' by family specialist

A long and winding road

February is LGBT history month. This will be the tenth annual event to raise awareness of, and combat prejudice against, what remains a substantially invisible minority.

Extended police bail should be subject to judicial oversight

It is not necessary for Crown Court to take responsibility for bail decisions in certain cases

UK family trusts fall by 300,000

Increases in the special tax rate and dividend trust rate have contributed to the fall

One in ten lawyers have no data safety guards in place

53 per cent of lawyers believe firms aren't doing enough to protect confidential data

State of play: case summaries

Karen Bayley and Jennifer Ridgway review some recent case law concerning vulnerable clients and trusts

Fifty shades of dismay

The FATF's decision to group Panama and Afghanistan in the same banking category is misleading and in need of clarification, says Derek Sambrook

New CSA inquiry to be headed by New Zealand judge

Delays to child sex abuse enquiry are completely unacceptable, says expert lawyer