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14 Feb 2024

Family law: legal advice and assistance, but not as we know it?

Tony Roe provides his views on the government’s new pilot on legal advice for parents/carers facing challenges when agreeing child arrangements

14 Feb 2024

Closing the gender gap at the partnership level of the legal profession

Tim Sales shares his experience of attempting to balance life as a partner committed to his career as a litigator and a father, and why highlighting such actions by males within the profession is important to closing the gender gap

7 Feb 2024

Private prosecutions play a vital role in our justice system – the Post Office scandal should not undermine that

Andrew Marshall shares his views on the role of private prosecutions in light of potential reforms instigated by the Post Office scandal

6 Feb 2024

Amplifying or interfering? Social media’s impact on criminal investigations

Almost a year since Nicola Bulley’s disappearance, a case that saw unprecedented levels of social media attention, Dr Honor Doro Townshend asks what can we learn from the case?

2 Feb 2024

The cum-ex scandal explained: the enforcement net widens

In this first instalment, Stewart Hey, Hugh Gunson and Rachel Warren explain the background to the cum-ex scandal and the criminal and civil proceedings being brought in jurisdictions around the world

1 Feb 2024

Why clarity matters: lessons from Ventura Capital GP Ltd v DnaNudge Ltd

Dr Anil Balan provides an overview of the ruling, which highlights the importance of clarity in articles of association, and the implications for companies

17 Jan 2024

The importance of the reforms put forward in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

Katie Cohen shares her opinion on the scope of the leasehold and freehold reforms proposed by the UK government

16 Jan 2024

Reporting domestic abuse when immigration issues exist

Mani Singh Basi discusses the issues that arise when there is a link between domestic abuse and immigration in the family law context