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Minor threat

One simple amendment to recent mental health legislation could transform the quality of patients' lives, but we must club together if we are to persuade the policitians, writes Laura Davidson

Off kilter

Baffled by the fact Scotland has only just got done for denying its defendants legal representation in the police station? Dr Fiona Leverick explains all

Tributes paid to David Burgess

Tributes have been paid to David Burgess, one of the UK's leading immigration solicitors, who was allegedly pushed under a train at King's Cross station earlier this week.

Supreme Court creates new exception to 'without prejudice' rule

The Supreme Court has created a new exception to the rule that statements made in 'without prejudice' negotiations are inadmissible in court.

Conveyancers pin survival hopes on new accreditation scheme

Property lawyers have welcomed the idea of a new accreditation scheme for conveyancers but some are already doubting whether a scheme intended to raise professional standards and help the profession fight off new entrants will have any effect in practice.

Lady Hale goes down fighting as Supreme Court backs prenups

In one of its most significant judgments, the Supreme Court has ruled that prenuptial agreements can be given “decisive weight” by the courts.

Talkin' 'bout Jackson

He had aged since I last saw him, but that was a long time ago.

Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers warnings from HMRC about inheritance tax disclosure, solicitors' liability to the executors and heirs of a deceased client, the rectification of a botched deed of variation, and recent decisions on statutory and mutual wills