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A user's perspective on 'our crumbling courts

Ahead of the potential closure of 91 courts, Jacqui Smoker provides a first-hand account of a system already cut to the bare bones

Drawing comparisons between privacy and PI damages

As the Court of Appeal prepares to deliver an important judgment, Steven Heffer recaps recent damages awards for victims of newspaper phone hacking

Competing interests in 'commercial property

Denize Akbulut, Katherine Ochynski, and Hannah Rickard consider a case on pre-pack administrations, an ownership dispute, and the consultation on energy efficient taxes

Family practice after 'Sharland and Gohil

Deborah Levy considers the implications of the recent Supreme Court rulings for future divorce cases involving fraudulent non-disclosure

Production in the family 'and county courts

For some months I have been waiting for a ?large box of video link equipment to be opened and installed in my court room. ?HM Courts and Tribunals Service is following its written protocols, and no doubt before the year is out the equipment will be installed and, hopefully, fully operational. 

Child support: Mind the gap

Separating parents must consider future education costs as early as possible to avoid a lacuna in the law surrounding child support, explains Carla Ditz

Necessary? Practical? Workable? 'The impact of the British Bill of Rights

We cannot base fundamental change to human rights law on a perception of how the Strasbourg court behaves, as opposed to the cold hard facts, writes Bambos Tsiattalou

Law Society launches pro bono toolkit for law firms

Guidance will help to 'develop sustainable and effective pro bono programmes', says president