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Building blocks

Next of kin must obtain a grant of probate before making a claim on behalf of the deceased person's estate. Joseph Goldsmith considers the ruling...

Unlocking the potential

Focusing on financial and investment advice is the key to solicitors' practice development, says Ian Muirhead

Case closed

Closed proceedings raise such important concerns under human rights law that only parliament may determine when they can be used. Tariq Sadiq reports

Premises, premises

In the first of two articles on the application of the Equality Act in the housing sector, Jim Shepherd and Robert Latham consider how the...

Update: environment

Adrienne Copithorne considers environmental impact assessment screening opinions, an odour nuisance case involving a landfill site, promptness in judicial review and planning fraud

Update: clinical negligence

Jock Mackenzie dissects the issue of causation in the case of successive tortfeasors

Thinking cap

Jackson LJ's proposed cap on success fees could see claimants losing a lot more than 25 per cent of their damages, warns Simon Gibbs

Losing the will

While it is clear that big improvements to the will-writing industry are needed, the debate on making it a reserved activity as recommended by the...