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The barons are innocent, but what of the Lord Chancellors?

Three of the world's top judicial minds recently declared the Magna Carta barons not guilty of treason, in a special event organised by the UK Supreme Court.

Welcome guidance

Until relatively recently there had been little judicial guidance regarding the use and effect of trust jurisdiction clauses.

ULaw cashback: A wishy-washy PR exercise is just not good enough

ULaw can of course put into practice whatever strategy it deems likely to make it money, discusses John van der Luit-Drummond

HMRC defeats accelerated payments legal challenge

The tax authority expects to issue 64,000 notices by 2016 and bring in £5.5bn in disputed tax

FCA and HMRC launch financial advice review

'The reality is that many people cannot afford to pay for good quality independent financial advice'

HMRC defeats employment giant at Court of Appeal over £158m of unpaid tax

Expense payments found to be part of employed temps' ordinary salary payments

Planning a new legal landscape

Julian Boswall and Alex Minhinick discuss the impact of the government's planning policy for onshore wind farms, the first Welsh Assembly Planning Bill, and significant recent cases

Be flexible when dealing with litigants in person

Facing an unrepresented party in court is becoming the norm rather than an exception for some solicitors; Beth Forrester provides guidance for handling this situation