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The curious case of the Bishop and the Chinese vase

Elizabeth Field investigates the importance of up-to-date valuations of personal chattels

GMC swallows bitter pill of High Court ruling

The General Medical Council has accepted a highly critical ruling from the High Court, which quashed a decision of its fitness to practise panel to strike off a leading professor at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.

Estate company can enforce 'reasonable' rentcharge

'Everyone must make contributions' for roads across estate

UK 'not in breach' of obligations on religious freedom

The UK is “not in breach” of its human rights obligations on freedom of religion, the government has argued in response to four cases involving the rights of Christians due to be heard by the European Court of Human Rights.

Legal aid bill battered by 'very impressive' lords

Six amendments passed as peers refuse to be 'bought off' by concessions

Setting standards

The administration of an estate demands intrinsic best practice, believes Kasia Oberc

The 58th update of the CPR: a radical step in civil litigation

As the County Court Money Claims Centre prepares to open its doors next week, DJ Harold Godwin explains how the centre will carry out its work

Commercial property update

Magnus Hassett, Laura Williamson and Katherine Ekers consider the implications of the dilapidations protocol, break clauses, business rates relief and the meaning of 'unreasonable withholding of consent' in leases