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Veterans on closer footing to civilians when it comes 'to asbestos pay-outs

Adrian Budgen discusses the legal reasoning - and outright injustice - behind the disparity between compensation offered by the government to civilians and former troops

A new year, a new non-resident capital gains tax

Samantha Mason advises conveyancing solicitors on the rules governing ?the tax on gains arising from the sale of UK property

Read all about it: 'Incompetent reports on the CoP

The mainstream media has failed to grapple with basic facets of the court, such as capacity, the definition of 'vulnerable', and right to die, writes Barbara Rich

From £4.8m to £9.2m: 'Doubling the value of a land sale

Bamboozled by developers' jargon, landowners are risking accepting lower prices when selling a land asset, writes Gary Freeman

The SQE: Finding 'the right tool for the job

Pippa Allsop asks whether the exam is removing one barrier and replacing it with an economic hurdle

Where was the government in Kerrie Backhouse's case?

As every lawyer in the land will confirm, the law can be a slow moving beast, sometimes taking many decades to catch up with changing social realities. Witness the rapid rise of cohabitation over recent decades. Couples who live together without marrying are now the fastest growing family type in the UK, but there is still no law recognising such relationships in England and Wales.

Texas-style justice 'remains a pipe dream in the UK

A recent Panorama episode, 'Tough Justice in Britain: Texas Style' , gave a fascinating insight into Texas's criminal justice revolution, where the traditional 'hard on crime, hard on sentencing' view is a thing of the past.

Sevenfold rise in crime following proliferation of dating apps

Users turn a blind eye to risk of dating apps and social media