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IHT mitigation

What happens to the trust of a surviving spouse who then remarries? Charlotte Reed explains

In the balance

The Legal Services Board has performed well so far, but has it done enough to avoid the chop? asks Stuart Bushell

Immigration update

Jane Coker considers several cases highlighting the tensions between domestic and European immigration laws

IT/IP update

Susan Singleton reviews database rights, illegal downloading, data protection and private email accounts, and a European case on internet selling bans

January blues

Christmas already seems like a distant memory and already fanciful New Year's resolutions have been kicked to the side of the road like an exhausted...

Sizing up

What does the future hold for the civil and family justice system? DJ Michael Buckley assesses the upcoming challenges

New year, new rules

Jeannie Mackie looks forward to the arrival of the new Criminal Procedure Rules

Obscene publication acquittal prompts guidance review

'No problem in making adult material only available to adults'