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Who ate the cabin boy?

Work on this month's issue of folk law was well under way when I told the tale of John 'Babbacombe' Lee in September. It was then I realised that Exeter Assizes and home secretary Sir William Harcourt were common to this equally infamous West Country case that took place some four months before the murder in Babbacombe, Torquay shocked Victorian England.

Cats and QASAs

If only the myths about court were true, it would be a lot more exciting, muses Felix

Health check

Clive Bolton number crunches the long-term care funding conundrum

Palamon Capital Partners buys QualitySolicitors

First nationwide legal franchise sold to private equity just two years after it was set up

The show is almost over for Miss QS

QualitySolicitors will almost certainly axe its animated puppet-style 'Miss QS' in a new multi-million pound marketing campaign launched next year, Solicitors Journal has learned.

The show is almost over for Miss QS

QualitySolicitors will almost certainly axe its animated puppet-style 'Miss QS' in a new multi-million pound marketing campaign launched next year, Solicitors Journal has learned.

Black hole

Avoid the problems of Court of Protection deputyships with a lasting power of attorney, says Sharon Richardson

Shooting star

Cayman STAR trusts are gaining in popularity as trustees and advisers recognise increasingly their long-term value for family businesses