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Give and take

Regular giving is an effective weapon in the armoury of inheritance tax planning strategies

Councils lose challenge over houses in multiple occupation

Three local authorities have lost a judicial review challenge to a government decision to scrap planning permission to convert single dwellings into houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).

Eddie Fardell and Brian Bacon reminisce about the good old days of the Court of Protection

I love music. As I start thinking about writing this, the first of our Court of Protection blogs, I'm flicking through my iTunes playlist, as I must have some music on in the background to listen to as I do so. An album by Jamie Cullum called Pointless Nostalgic catches my eye. Quite apt, really.

Nick Jervis bangs the law firm marketing drum

Employers 'hugely reassured' by unfair dismissal ruling

Supreme Court restricts common law claims

LCJ calls for tougher sentences for child abduction

The Court of Appeal has called for a review of child abduction law as it dismissed the sentence appeals of two fathers convicted of abducting their children.

High stakes

Sandra Davis argues that our discretionary system of matrimonial finance is fairer than the alternatives

Surrogacy parents win court orders

Sir Nicholas Wall, president of the Family Division, has made parental orders in favour of a couple who obtained two children by paying surrogate mothers in India, despite admitting that it was unclear how much money the surrogates received and what was covered.