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Social media contraband

Ban Twitter and Facebook to avoid losing out in the divorce law courts, argues Katy Barber

Crown Prosecution Service completes first ever asset recovery in UAE

Further plans to secure similar outcomes across the globe with the creation of an asset recovery advisor network

Strand academy

If civil justice were like education, what would the end-of-year report for summer 2014 say? Francesca Kaye takes an alternative look at civil justice performance in the past year

Cutting edge in family law

Mediation will never replace litigation, says Marilyn Stowe, but nevertheless should be nurtured as a valuable adjunct

Denton v White: back from the brink

The Court of Appeal's ruling in Denton is a tacit acknowledgment that it got it wrong in Mitchell, says David Holland QC

Due diligence

The casual golf club acquaintance is still being entrusted with clients' financial well-being because the SRA has done nothing to police some of its Code of Conduct requirements, says Ian Muirhead

Parental gifts and reservation of benefit

Giving property away, particularly the family home, so that it is out of your estate for IHT purposes while still living in it or otherwise enjoying a benefit from it has become increasingly difficult in recent years, explain William Hadley and Fiona Graham

ADR and public procurement

A different approach needs to be taken where there is a battle over a contract that serves the public interest, reminds Michael Bowsher