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Life in crime | The life penalty

With a ruling due from Strasbourg in the new year on whole-life prison sentences, David Rhodes considers ?the various arguments

European briefing | To what extent are jurisdictional judgments binding?

Paul Stanley considers the extent to which judgments on jurisdictional issues are ?themselves binding under the judgments regulation

Update | Children: grounds for appeal

With family courts under pressure to issue speedy justice, Noel Arnold tackles some of the grounds for appeal that can emerge'if procedures are not 'properly followed

Update | Charity: increasing sophistication

An increasingly sophisticated third sector has led 'lawyers to reconsider how they categorise this type 'of work, as Hannah Kubie explains

Accidents Direct aims to be top claims handler by doubling panel

Only strongest will survive after April, Georgiou warns

All that glitters: highlights of 2012

Changes to the 'golden rul'; and other key developments in private client practice over the past twelve months, by Professor Lesley King

Property Focus | Invoking article 8 for squatters in commercial properties

Lucy McCormick

Property Focus | At a crossroads

The fallout from the financial crisis raised a number of challenges for the property, conveyancing and search sectors, but now with recovery in the balance there are fresh issues to face, reports Marshall King