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Face off

?Kevin Masterton considers the relationship between ?trust practitioners and ?investment managers

Ministers make 'minimal' concessions on legal aid

The government has made two minor, widely-trailed, concessions on the legal aid bill, which is to return to the House of Lords next week for...

Planning permission 'cannot authorise' nuisance, Jackson LJ says

The grant of planning permission “cannot authorise the commission of a nuisance”, Lord Justice Jackson has said.

For whom the bell tolls

Mishcon de Reya's private client head James Libson explains how the firm has rung the changes to move with the times

Law firms have no excuse to not market their services, claims Nick Jervis

Open doors

Questionable practices used to engage experts undermine their value by preparing the ground for fraudulent claims, warns Martin Stockdale

Experts update

Brendan Roche and Rob Harland round up the latest developments in the courts' approach to expert evidence, including immunity, hot tubbing and fingerprints

In the hot seat

Edward Powell explores the benefits of hot tubbing, and considers whether a recent case on report disclosure gives defendants an unfair advantage