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DR v GR

Jonathan Riley summarises a recent will dispute case and the lessons learned for practitioners

Agreed costs budget could be open to challenge

Litigants who have managed their costs within agreed budgets should not ?expect judges to just rubberstamp the final costs claim, says Simon Gibbs

Will the real team leaders please stand up?

As she relives an unpleasant blame-game incident, Catherine Burtinshaw urges her fellow solicitors to take a more professional, team approach to accountability

Normalising a homicidal culture of healthcare

The Liverpool Care Pathway had the unintended effect of turning death into a routine treatment so it is only right that it should be wound down, says Jacqueline Laing

How low can you go?

Forecasts suggest there will be increasing challenges over the next five years for low-risk investors and their advisers, says Claire Bennison

Human rights select committee to investigate civil legal aid cuts

Grayling warns he will not 'go back to the start' on criminal legal aid

Greaves v Stolkin

Jonathan Riley rounds up a contentious probate case and the lessons learned for practitioners

Secrets and lies

Controversial and sinister? A licence to loot? Your client could be reading these media labels about the Court of Protection, warns Sofia Tayton