Private client

Articles

Cut down in his prime

A receiver who took advantage of protected person's money and goodwell finally agreed to stand down, as Denzil Lush recalls

Mental capacity to engage sex workers

Jemma Garside reflects on a landmark ruling with potentially wide-reaching implications for prostitution

It's good to talk: financial planning and wills

Following a recent report, Matthew Duncan reflects on how the British reserve may be impacting the probate process

Inheritance research finds over half of Brits shy away from 'taboo' topic

Only 14 per cent of respondents planned to instruct a probate solicitor

Domicile and wills interpretation

Matthew Duncan considers the court's approach to interpretation in the case of a foreign domiciled person who died leaving a worldwide estate

Civil justice backlog: Peers call for urgent measures

Government must act urgently to address the case backlog in the family and civil courts, peers said in a new report

Considerably more legal aid funding needed, say peers

MoJ must invest much more to legal aid 'to meet the reality of need', say peers

'Justice depends on government': Peers publish damning report

The quality of justice is increasingly at risk and it's the government's fault, peers have concluded in a comprehensive report