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Litigation focus | Mediation revisited

Judges have come a long way since the 2004 Halsey judgment, but there is some way to go still to blend mediation into the dispute resolution process, says Matthew Rushton

Litigation focus | Towards more creative funding models

The rise in claims funded by third parties is the natural next stage in a funding revolution started thirty years ago, say Tom Custance and Molly Ahmed

Litigation focus | LASPO has left judges to step into the unknown

LASPO has left it to ?judges to implement the Jackson reforms as intended, meaning it will be years before litigators can get ?clarity over their scope ?and effectiveness, say Tim Hardy, David Bridge and ?Maria-Krystyna Duval

In sickness and in wealth: assessing the capacity to marry for elderly or vulnerable people

The threshold to assess capacity to marry for elderly or vulnerable people should remain a low one but the courts should do their utmost to protect them from potential exploitation, says Ian Cranefield

Update | Landlord and tenant: tenancy deposits and prescribed information

Tessa Shepperson examines ongoing problems surrounding tenancy deposits and the prescribed information

Editor's blog | Tomorrow's small claims courts will be online

It's been billed “the small claims court for the 21st century” by the Wall Street Journal and now it's coming to Europe to help businesses resolve low value disputes.

Update | Judicial review: legal aid cuts

Proposals to cut legal aid for judicial review will seriously impede the rule of law, argues Gareth Mitchell

Charities | Uncharitable activities

The Charity Commission does not technically authorise charities but merely checks an organisation uses the 'charity' vehicle for the correct purposes, says Kenneth Dibble