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Workshop: Private client: Opposing solicitors who fail to respond

Samantha Ewing

Charities | Chancel repair liability and the Commission

Alice Holt explains chancel repair liability and 'sets out the Commission's guidance on the matter 'to trustees of Parochial Church Councils

View from the bench | The effect of the Simmons decisions

The effect of the Simmons decisions increasing damages by ten per cent may not be what it seems, says District Judge Harold Godwin

Update | Planning: Growth and Infrastructure Bill, discretion in EIA cases

Julian Boswall and Cathryn Tracey examine the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, discretion in EIA cases and interpretation of policy

Blurring the boundaries: DoLS

The courts are diluting the effectiveness of the Deprivation of ?Liberty Safeguards in what looks to be a policy-motivated move, ?says Laura Davidson

The final frontier: Opportunities for legal services in Africa

Rob Millard explores the opportunities for legal services in sub-Saharan Africa and which law firms are best placed to exploit them

Surviving mergers: 15 tips for managing law firm merger negotiations

Guy Vincent shares 15 tips for managing law firm merger negotiations and living to ?(not) tell the tale

Support network: litigation friends

Francesca Gardner looks at the key role and function of litigation friends in the Court of Protection