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Signed and sealed

Even a simple administrative mistake in a will could lead to severe consequences for both practitioners and their clients, says Matthew Duncan

Theme and variations

With the SRA about to roll out its new theme-based approach to supervision, the regulator's director for risk, Samantha Barrass, talks to Jean-Yves Gilg about...

Come fly with me

Failure to allow disabled air passengers compensation for injury to feelings is a breach of their rights in English and European law, says Mark Stone

Powering up

The Financial Services Bill is a step closer to a new UK regulatory architecture, say Michael McKee and Gavin Punia

Crime update

Miranda Ching examines recent developments in criminal procedure, sentencing guidelines for burglary and drugs offences, and a Court of Appeal decision concerning sexual infidelity in...

The Hamlyn Lectures: Lawyers and the Public Good – Democracy in Action?

ISBN: 978-1107626287

Wellington's beef

Britain emerged from the Napoleonic wars politically untroubled and democratically 'balanced'. Many years earlier, the Act of Toleration 1689 and the Roman Catholic Relief Act...

Arbitration 'could revolutionise' family disputes

Service 'ideal for middle England', but doubts over take-up