Wills solicitor fined over £75,000 gift from 'insistent' client
Tribunal hears client ‘relentlessly’ insisted that he wanted to help with solicitor’s liabilities.
MoJ accused of ignoring solicitors in bequest alert reforms
‘Vital’ solicitors can have their say in new process for alerting charities to bequests.
£280,000 pledged to safeguard pioneering family court
Justice reform charity to host new national partnership to support problem-solving approach.
Pro bono lawyers 'like loyal horse Boxer in Animal Farm' - High Court judge
Mr Justice Williams says lawyers are filling the gaps that should be covered by legal aid.
Living dangerously
Many unmarried couples are unaware of their lack of legal rights in the event of separation or death, but will a growing appetite for reform actually change ‘outdated’ laws? Marialuisa Taddia reports
Parental alienation
Dealing with accusations that one parent has ‘turned’ the mind of a child against the other.
Maintenance pending suit
Family law
Wrongful removal or retention of a child
Court allows father’s application for his child to be returned from England to Hungary.
Damages for breach of contract
Father loses damages claim appeal after an IVF clinic implanted an embryo into his former partner without his consent.
Retired but missing work
I am 75 but active and was admitted over 50 years ago. Do you have any suggestions for reskilling to obtain work?
Documenting death is in a time warp
The system seems designed for the comfort and convenience of the people administering it.
Letters roundup - 11 February 2019
Whistleblowing punishment, Lord Falconer, gender divide, and modes of address: your letters to the editor.
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