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Referral fees 'crucial' to insurance industry's earnings, Straw claims

Former justice secretary Jack Straw has accused insurance companies of earning up to £1,000 a time from referral fees, making them a “crucial part” of revenue streams.

Tribunal merger may 'dilute rather than enhance' expertise, Lady Hale warns

Lady Hale has warned of a risk that the merger of tribunals under the Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and “amalgamation of very different jurisdictions in the new chambers will dilute rather than enhance the specialist expertise of their judges and members”.

Class action

Helen Harvie looks ahead to the eagerly anticipated judicial review of independent schools' charitable status

The art of giving

Michael Young offers his thoughts on the new IHT relief for charitable bequests

Carrying the can

With cuts to the Charity Commission's funding, we can no longer hold trustees hands all the way, writes Alice Holt

People power

The localism bill introduces a community right to challenge and a right to buy – but what does it all mean for the third sector? Catherine Rustomji and Bryn Morgan report

Update: charity law

Sarah Clune reviews the most significant cases for the voluntary sector this quarter – some well-known, others less so – that all charity lawyers should be aware of

Update: company

Debbie King considers directors' breach of duty, Companies House's digitalisation plan and the detrimental effect of the banks' tough approach to lending