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Charities Act 2016: Protecting the integrity of the sector

Robert Nieri discusses new legislation intended to clarify the law on social investment and enforce better fundraising practice to restore public trust in charities

Exploring the boundaries

Tamsin Cox and Julia Petrenko review two recent decisions of the Upper Tribunal which consider the jurisdiction of the First-Tier Tribunal in determined boundary applications

Charities and Appeals Supplement Spring/Summer 2016

SJ's dedicated charities supplement is now available to view online

Applications to deduct 'from a child's damages

District Judge Nigel Law advises solicitors attending on these applications to comply with the relevant rules and practice directions

The Yukos saga continues

Maria Gritsenko discusses The Hague District Court's annulment of the $50bn arbitration award made to the Russian oil company's shareholders

Hillsborough inquest: Acting for Liverpool

Mark George QC and Marcia Willis Stewart talk to John van der Luit-Drummond about handling the logistics, and the emotions, in one of the grossest miscarriages of justice the world has ever seen

Modern family, modern values, modern law

Simon Bruce acknowledges the age-defining case of Re B, in which a contemporary Supreme Court tackled international family justice fit for the 21st century

How do I develop my commercial awareness?

Your knowledge of the law can only take you so far if you do not start to incorporate business-focused acumen, writes Luke Murphy