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Catholic agency in ultimate appeal over same-sex parenting

Catholic Care, the organisation providing adoption services to the catholic community, has started a last-ditch attempt to stop the application of regulations that would prevent...

QC faces £560,000 demand from wife he divorced 25 years ago

David Vaughan QC, one of the leading silks at Brick Court and described by Chambers as a “doyen of competition law”, faces a claim for...

Off the scale

The courts have regarded the difference between a restriction on and deprivation of liberty as a matter of degree, but the real question is whether...

Pick and mix

The Law Commission's proposals for reforming adult social care will combine current and future policies, resulting in a clearer and more straightforward legal system. Frances...

Plain speaking

Holiday insurance providers should ensure they give customers clear information about their policies to avoid regulatory sanctions, says Laura Clarke

Update: crime

Ian Harris and Christopher Gutteridge discuss the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, breaching the Criminal Procedure Rules, police malpractice and sentencing for firearms offences

A matter of time

Allowing too much time to pass before a child's evidence is challenged risks traumatising them further, says Benjamin Newton

Update: professional negligence

Victoria Brackett considers cases on apportioning blame between barrister and solicitor, imposing absolute obligations, apportioning liability, limitation and scope of retainer