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August 2025
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Joanna Newton provides her thoughts on the implications of the ruling in Standish v Standish
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Angelika Hellweger looks behind the headlines about an art dealer’s jailing
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Robert Lewis, Alexandra Agnew, Grace Houghton and Elizabeth Fitton dissect the ruling in R (ALR and others) v Chancellor of the Exchequer
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The Solicitors Journal speaks to Mark Sansom, London and Dublin Managing Partner at Freshfields
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Rachel Frost-Smith reflects on the proposal by Baroness Hale to reform the family courts
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Leslie Perrin shares his thoughts on the current state of litigation funding in England and Wales
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Jamie Webster and Anthony Purvis look at the backlog of employment tribunal cases
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Keeley Lengthorn shares her journey to securing bereavement leave for parents who lose a pregnancy under 24 weeks
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Eleanor Rogers reviews the impact of the duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace
James Tumbridge looks at the decision in Ayinde, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Haringey [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin) (6 June 2025)
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Gemma Shepherd discusses the Law Commission’s report on modernising wills
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Liz Barratt
Liz Barratt dissects the government’s White Paper on immigration
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Louise Macdonald
Emma Carr and Louise Macdonald provide an overview of the ruling in Merricks v Mastercard
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Nicola Williams explains what the interim report could mean for the future of the water sector
Rachel Frost-Smith
Joanna Newton
Angelika Hellweger
Marc Beaumont
Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi
Alan Polivnick
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Gemma Shepherd
Nicola Williams
Rebecca Niblock
Jonathan Gorman
Gordon Wignall
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Tim Sales