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Residential property update

Janet Armstrong-Fox discusses the risks involved in providing free advice, the duty to update replies to enquiries, email contracts, and the Land Registry's guidance on...

Will-writing pitfalls

When taking instructions for a will where there is a risk of loss of capacity or death before execution, what steps can you take to...

Licensing update

Roy Light considers the procedure for appeals from licensing authorities to the magistrates' court, reforms to the licensing regime and the latest edition of Paterson's

A question of character

Jeannie Mackie debates the value of character disclosure

Frosty reception

I'm conscious that this column is called northern lights and all I do is talk about London. I have suggested making a request for alternative...

Supreme Court goes beyond Strasbourg in right-to-life ruling

Hospital owed duty under article 2 to voluntary psychiatric patient

Ministers go ahead with six-month limit for care proceedings

Guillotine risks 'parental backlash', FLBA leader warns

Viva la revolution

Law firms need a radical change in how they motivate staff, claims David Coldrick