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Testing times for older people

Will your elderly clients be ?protected after the welfare reforms? Gareth Morgan reports on the impact of means-testing benefits, pension credit adjustments and changes to ?the treatment of age

Planning performance: towards a redefinition 'of localism

Assessing local 'authorities' planning performance under the proposed Growth and Infrastructure Bill will lead 'to political resentment as much as legal confusion, 'says Oliver Wright

View from the bench | To review or not to review

With far more self-represented parents in court come April, ?District Judge Nigel Law discusses when reviews of ?Children Act orders should be granted

Charities | Transferring assets to a new-model charity

Stephen Roberts explains how new charitable ?incorporated organisations can transfer property ?from an unincorporated charity

Irreconcilable differences

Does Prest draw a line in the sand in dispute over piercing the corporate veil in divorce proceedings? Stuart Ruff reviews the case

Update | IP/IT: Information in the cloud, consumer rights directive

Susan Singleton reviews cases about the use of surveys in trademark disputes, e-books and competition law, businesses's liability in relation to data held in the cloud, and the implementation of the EU's consumer rights directive

Update | RTA: Retrospective fraud claims

Though lawyers should exercise caution in bringing retrospective fraud claims, with sufficient evidence they can be a powerful tool in the fight against staged accidents, says Roger Cooper

Scattered access: Data security in a BYOD world

By Neil Davison, Head of IT, Farrer & Co