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The Solicitors' Journal - March 21, 1896

IN THE CASE of Re Countess of Oxford, Cartwright v. Del Balzo (1896, 1 Ch. D. 257), North, J., held that estate duty under the Finance Act, 1894, ought, as between a sum specifically appointed out of certain settled property and the residue of the same property, to be borne rateably.

BBC Four's The Prosecutors failed to deliver

A chance to reveal the real workings of the CJS has been wasted by something resembling The Office, writes John Cooper QC

The legal war of words over the Calais jungle

The migrants' camp across the Channel is working to everyone's advantage in the Brexit debate, and both parties are right - and wrong - in their arguments, writes Thom Brooks

Pop-up courts: 'Hearings 'in pubs' story was a storm 'in a pint glass

However, making use of a public room – not a public house – like civic buildings?could mean a more flexible court service, writes Amy Proferes

Lawyers turn pro as sports governance kicks off

Edward Grayson, the barrister and pioneer of the field of sports law in England, once commented that 'the rule of law in sport is as essential for civilisation as the rule of law in society generally.' That observation has never seemed more apposite than now: every day it seems we read of a new challenge for sports law on the back pages of newspapers and, perhaps more worryingly, on the front pages.

Increase in mental health issues among LIPs

MIND and CAB call upon legal system to do more to help litigants in family court

The voice – and value – of the employee

In a regular series, Helen Hamilton-Shaw reflects on the key findings of the mystery shopping undertaken as ?part of LawNet's audited client care programme

The SRA should cut out the middle man of legal training

As the regulator rethinks its SQE proposals, it needs to address the costs of legal courses, says John van der Luit-Drummond