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Understanding the FSA's Retail Distribution Review

Roger Clark explains the thinking behind the FSA's 'new status definitions for financial advisors and argues that the new rules will help lawyers, and their clients

Poor interpretation services will lead to miscarriages of justice

The decision to outsource interpreting 'services to a single provider which is both commercial agent and regulator continues 'to present threats to the administration of justice, says Jessica Myint Thinn

Divorce too easy, poll finds

Both married and divorced people agree there are not enough legal hurdles to separation

Charities | Transferring assets to a new-model charity

Stephen Roberts explains how new charitable ?incorporated organisations can transfer property ?from an unincorporated charity

Irreconcilable differences

Does Prest draw a line in the sand in dispute over piercing the corporate veil in divorce proceedings? Stuart Ruff reviews the case

Update | IP/IT: Information in the cloud, consumer rights directive

Susan Singleton reviews cases about the use of surveys in trademark disputes, e-books and competition law, businesses's liability in relation to data held in the cloud, and the implementation of the EU's consumer rights directive

Update | RTA: Retrospective fraud claims

Though lawyers should exercise caution in bringing retrospective fraud claims, with sufficient evidence they can be a powerful tool in the fight against staged accidents, says Roger Cooper

Incentivising death

It's time we rethought the 'meaningful lif'; concept developed by the House of Lords and which is now seeing its way through our end-of-life care strategy, says Jacqueline Laing