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Restrictive and outdated marriage law in need of reform

A modern law should allow for greater choice while also guard against sham marriages

Costa del Scammed: High Court allows British homebuyers to sue foreign lawyers

Ripped off overseas buyers encouraged to explore consumer protections and seek redress

The art of delegation

Leaders in law firms must recognise delegation and supervision as crucial to ?staff development, not just an extra workload pressure, explains David Cliff

Moving on from scandal

Sarah Clune gives an overview of an eventful few months in the charity sector, from the outcry over fundraising methods to the closure of Kids Company

Restraint orders: Reasonable suspicion and reporting

Changes made by the Serious Crime Act are likely to cause more problems than they solve, ?write Rupert Bowers QC and Daniel Godden

Exhumation laws are anything but dead and buried

Robert Fookes considers the law on the exhumation of remains and the exceptions ?to the presumption that burial in consecrated ground is final

How fixed fees are killing costs firms

Matthew Kain assesses the changes the costs industry has undergone and what this has meant for the profession as a whole

Negotiating with Russia

Dmitry Chernyy and Alexander Muksinov consider the new provisions of the Russian Civil Code, their relevance in commercial disputes, and their similarities to English commercial law concepts