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Property solicitor breached conflict of interest rule in lease between family members

Consultant failed to ensure client's parents-in-law had sought independent advice

Former personal injury head used client account to top up compensation awards

Solicitor misused funds in 'misguided attempt to conclude cases to satisfaction of clients'

No format right over Mary Berry cooking show

Channel 4 in a stew over BBC's new programme

Bespoke law services increasing access to justice for autistic clients

Law centres and firms aim to make complex legal matters more easily understandable

SDT to consult on 'appropriate' standard of proof

Majority of professional regulators have opted for the civil standard

Religion and the welfare of the child, part 2

A recent case demonstrates the difficult position of the courts where the gulf between the parents' communities is 'too wide for the children to bridge', writes Hannah Greene

Trust the experts

Recent judgments containing damning criticism of expert evidence provide a useful reminder of the duties experts owe to the court, write Kirsten Wall and Leila Grove

Keeping criminal practitioners afloat

James Parry advises on the circumstances in which rejecting un-remunerative publicly funded criminal work is necessary to protect the firm and reflects on flexible court hours