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Taking sides

Trustees occupy a position where they must remain impartial but what happens when they have to defend an action brought be a beneficiary?

Clooney v Blair

Cherie Blair QC has come under fire from a fellow silk for providing counsel to the Maldivian government.

Heterosexual couple lose civil partnership case

Judge rules that the current state of legislation does not discriminatory as opposite-sex couples can enter into a marriage

Tougher sentences for robbers using knives and guns

Judges to consider physical injuries and psychological harm before sentencing

'Fanciful' CoA ruling restricts legal aid funding for false imprisonment claims

Lord Justice Laws

Michael Gove scraps 'ideological' two-tier legal contracts

Lord Falconer demands government come clean on how much public money was wasted on legal aid 'fiasco'

Great expectations-

Ensuring the long-term provision of funds to pay for care and wellbeing services is an essential part of protecting and enabling vulnerable individuals. As care plans for the vulnerable often require a specialist approach to meet expectations, why should wealth management planning be any different, asks Richard Fraser

The common enemy between medics and lawyers

The two professions hardly make natural allies so why is medical negligence solicitor Peter Stefanovic breaking the mould, asks John van der Luit-Drummond