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Family court experts face new standards test

Expert evidence only permitted where a judge considers it necessary

Give them an inch!

Matthew Howson has a look at some of the finer points of two new powers the government is proposing to grant to HMRC; one very...

Trashing human rights

Conservatives confirm plans to scrap Human Rights Act and replace it with a 'Bill of Rights'. John van der Luit-Drummond reports on the reaction from...

News in brief: week beginning 29 September 2014

Harrassment from clients, banking charges, mergers and fundamental dishonesty

Blurred lines

Earlier this year, the then president of CILEx, Stephen Gowland, announced that the organisation would be carrying out an enquiry to investigate and prepare for...

Grayling judged 'unreasonable' over mesothelioma

Lord Chancellor loses another High Court challenge over LASPO consultation

SJ about town

Winning portrait

Risk management should be higher up the agenda of all law firms

By Guy Vincent, Consultant, Bircham Dyson Bell