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A PATIENT'S INFORMED CONSENT MUST BE COMPREHENSIVE AND DEMONSTRABLE

A surgeon may be found liable if informed consent cannot be proven even if the surgery itself wasn't negligent, as James Wilson-MacDonald and Nicholas Todd explain

Let's be realistic.

David Hodson OBE asks if it's time for a John Cornwell-style code of practice for lawyers' wellbeing in family justice

A dangerous assumption

Pippa Allsop asks why the legislators have not kept up with societal changes, when even the prime minister is cohabiting with a partner

SJ Interview: Kid Harwood

Wildings' entrepreneurial director demonstrates what it takes to be part of a new breed of high street firm, injecting innovation and fresh life into traditional multidisciplinary practice

Lawyer struck off for unregulated divorce practice

A family lawyer has been struck off after creating an unregulated online divorce service in order to avoid sharing the revenues with his firm.

How to beat endless court delays

Vanessa Asante encourages divorce lawyers to consider practical steps to avoid court delays

The 'Corbygeddon' effect

The upsurge in wealthy clients seeking advice on moving money abroad means a greater appetite for legal advice on wealth protection in a matrimonial context, says Pippa Allsop

WEIGHING UP THE TRUE MEANING OF NO-FAULT DIVORCE

No-fault divorces will sap the foundations of the traditional meaning of marriage, argues Charles Chatterjee