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Standing your ground: Khan v Crossland

Nicholas Asprey considers the jurisdiction to pass over executors, as highlighted in Khan v Crossland

Case digest: Scarfe v Matthews

Joseph Goldsmith queries whether the case of Bernard Matthews' will heralds a move towards assessing a testator's intention on the basis of an implied term

Court of Protection backs hospital in right-to-life case

Treatment would not prolong life 'in any meaningful way'

Delicate touch: vulnerable beneficiary trust rules

Kelly Hardcastle explains the imminent changes to vulnerable beneficiary trust rules

Protecting the financial awards of clients is a key role of a deputy, and one of the hardest, says Eddie Fardell

Workshop: Private client: new charity giving rules

New inheritance tax rules designed to encourage legacies are also an opportunity for 'private client lawyers to generate more business, says John Bunker

Nicklinson's wife to appeal directly to Court of Appeal

'Martin' wins leave to pursue challenge to DPPs guidelines

Crossing the void

Jan Goddard untangles the conflict of laws that can exist between the UK and Canada over incapacity issues