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Court of Appeal calls for review of oral evidence from children

The Court of Appeal has called for a review of the rules on the giving of oral evidence by children in family cases.

Lifers transferred to mental hospitals can claim benefits

Convicted criminals jailed for life, who are later transferred to mental hospitals, can claim benefits once their tariff has ended, the Court of Appeal has...

Tories back French system of funding legal aid

Dominic Grieve QC, shadow justice secretary, is considering a French system of funding legal aid under which all client funds are held in a single,...

Older and wiser

Would-be mothers should be assessed for IVF treatment individually and according to merit – not age, argues Seamus Burns

Survival skills

Mediation can be a tricky course to navigate; so solicitors and their clients must be aware of what can go wrong. Victoria Brackett reports

Taking control

The first Supreme Court family judgments demonstrate its ability to deal objectively with complex family cases and provide helpful guidance to practitioners, says DJ Michael...

No pain, no gain

While there is a profitable market for the infliction of real pain on television, directors must carefully consider the design of such TV shows to...

A clearer direction

The DPP's interim guidelines on assisted suicide bring some clarity to this previously unclear area of law, but what does the policy mean in practice,...