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Humans make human mistakes

Did you hear the one about the football fan who got so over excited he lost his job, asks Kevin Poulter

Mr Guilty

We've all been guilty of a Freudian slip, but unintentional utterances by a judge can have amusing, if not grave consequences for a defendant.

Russian allegations put Coe on track for longest race of his career

Matthew Rogers explains the possible sanctions faced by the All-Russia Athletic Federation ahead of an announcement from the IAAF

MoJ should focus on the financial market CMCs in review, says First4Lawyers

Insurance industry told to put its house in order and take a zero-tolerance approach to challenging dubious claims

Is arbitration a barrier to the courts?

CIArb responds to the New York Times' investigation into arbitration practice in the US

LawWorks report 55 per cent rise in demand for free legal advice

Pro bono should complement legal aid rather than act as an alternative, reiterates LawWorks CEO

Shyamji Krishna Varma reinstated more than a century after disbarment

Indian nationalist did not receive a fair hearing, admits Inner Temple

Collateral damage

Chris Moorcroft looks at how changes to the treatment of non-doms' inheritance tax, ownership of residential property and the remittance basis will affect prospective and current non-doms