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Environment update
Solicitors Journal

Environment update

The Court of Appeal's tough stance on nuisance places a burden on those considering buying a new home and the conveyancers advising them, says Adrienne Copithorne
A tale of two insurance claims
Solicitors Journal

A tale of two insurance claims

At first sight they looked like the extras in Shaun of the Dead as they moved with exaggerated slowness and all in step with each other. If it had not been for one of the two disasters that beset us before Christmas we would probably never have set foot inside the Wild Stallion Country Music and Line Dance Club to watch a group of people performing intricate steps to the music of Ian Highland and the Twilight Band.
Male friend can be third parent to lesbian couple's child
Solicitors Journal

Male friend can be third parent to lesbian couple's child

Judges considering applications for parenting arrangements between same-sex couples and third-party sperm donors should place the child's interest first and look at each case on its own merits, the Court of Appeal has ruled.