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Well appointed?

The courts have attempted to take a balanced approach to appointing administrators since Minmar, but more guidance is needed, says Rodric Williams

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...