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Supreme Court rejects stroke victim's claim for overnight carer

The Supreme Court has rejected a claim by a disabled pensioner to an overnight carer to help her go to the toilet. The council wanted...

Teaching assistant has no right to lawyer

No protection under article 6 at disciplinary hearings

Workshop: private client

Protecting assets: Sarah Phillips tackles spouse exemption from inheritance tax

Solicitors, but not as we know them

With the SRA suggesting one solicitor partner may be enough to call your practice a 'solicitor' firm, the jostling for position is already starting on...

Update: insolvency

Denise Fawcett reviews recent cases involving out-of-court appointment of administrators in breach of company procedures, pensions contributions by an insolvent company, enforcement of a deed...

Update: crime

Ian Harris and David Birrell consider the new sentencing guidelines for assault, the criminal lifestyle provisions, hearsay in confiscation hearings and the admissibility of text...

Suit up

Will the removal of expert immunity from suit have a negative impact on witness evidence, or will it improve standards and discourage mavericks? Andrew Wigston...

Critical thinking

Clare Arthurs examines what happens when experts are criticised by the courts, and what you can do to avoid it