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Pre-charge bail vs RUI: the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Six months on from the act, little has improved for police culture towards criminal suspects, argues Bartholomew Dalton

Private client: addressing long-term care fees

Lisa Morgan explains how to avoid the financial burden of an incorrect assessment of a patient's care needs

Nuisance law and a diverging of judgments

Gordon Wignall explores a nuisance case in the Supreme Court about the Tate Modern and Richard Roger's glass dwellers' lack of privacy

SLAPPS and the SRA

Anthony Armitage reviews the SRA's evolving guidance on SLAPPS and solicitors' duties

Courts and regulations around reporting

Victoria Cannon explores rules and principles around a new pilot allowing journalists and bloggers to report in family courts

Asylum seekers and the UK's deterrence strategy

The UK government should reform its policies of deterrence towards asylum seekers, says Thom Brooks

Relationship breakdown in the context of personal injury claims

Alice Hall and Sarah Balfour examine considerations for practitioners if a personal injury case leads to a relationship ending

Secret trusts: must you keep a secret?

James Brown and Mark Pawlowski consider whether a secret trustee is under an obligation not to disclose the terms of a secret trust