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Update: estate planning

Helen Bryant considers the legal rights of testators' children, including cases on provision for an adult child, rectification and international estates

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Can jurors safely conduct internet research? Benjamin Newton investigates

Space man

It was not like any court I had appeared in before. The judge sat (at least I think he was sitting – if he was...

Check out the competition

The Bribery Act will give businesses outbid by competitors a new weapon to challenge the outcome of tenders in the civil courts, says James Maton

Appeal judges rewrite relocation guidance

Moore-Bick LJ says welfare of the child is 'paramount' in leave to remove applications

Human rights of elderly 'at serious risk'

Supreme Court rejects claim from stroke victim for overnight care

Court of Appeal rewrites relocation guidance for divorced parents

The welfare of the child should be “the paramount consideration” for family judges considering applications by divorced parents to relocate abroad, the Court of Appeal...

English badgers in the firing line

The fate of badgers in the west of England hangs in the balance as environment secretary Caroline Spelman prepares to make an announcement on a...