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Update | Family: shared parenting

Shared parenting presumptions set 'to be introduced in the Children Act 1989 will remind parents that children cannot be used as pawns in disputes between adults. 'Austin Chessell reports

The private and the personal in Smith v Trafford Housing Trust

Anna Macey looks at the case of the housing manager ?who criticised gay marriage and was wrongfully ?dismissed, yet received only £100 in damages

Making consumer law fit for purpose

Jon Bartley welcomes the simplication of consumer laws ?into a single, consolidating Consumer Bill of Rights ?

Welfare reform: the new postcode lottery

The impact of cuts to legal aid for welfare and benefits ?advice cannot be understated, says Steve Hynes

Workshop: Private client: Opposing solicitors who fail to respond

Samantha Ewing

Charities | Chancel repair liability and the Commission

Alice Holt explains chancel repair liability and 'sets out the Commission's guidance on the matter 'to trustees of Parochial Church Councils

ABS countdown | Greater competition in legal services?

Are things so different now that we have had the 'Legal Services Act in full effect for a whole year, asks Stuart Bushell

View from the bench | The effect of the Simmons decisions

The effect of the Simmons decisions increasing damages by ten per cent may not be what it seems, says District Judge Harold Godwin