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Solicitors’ liens: causing confusion for a century or more

Susannah Foden explores the use of solicitors' liens and circumstances in which they could be applied

Family law: cost-of-living crisis or cost-of-loving crisis?

Shanika Haynes assesses the impact of inflation on family relationships

Norwich Pharmacal and Bankers Trust orders: a seismic shift?

Ashley Pratt and Philippe Kuhn assess the introduction of gateway (25) in combatting international fraud and asset tracing claims

Legal considerations around surrogacy

Harriet Errington and Pippa Cook explore international and domestic surrogacy and argue of the need for reforms

Contractual limitations on the right to litigate

Ricky Cella examines a case which considers the enforcement of contractual restrictions on a right to litigate where ADR provisions apply

Litigation: adopting a balanced method

Looking at a recent costs decision, Ed Patton argues for litigators to adopt a fair approach

Childhood abuse: neglecting a duty of care

Richard Sweetman assesses when it is possible for a duty of care to be owed to a child, who is not already the subject of a care order, by local authorities

Common law: mingling the waters

Mark Pawlowski considers when common law damages may be available for purely equitable wrongs and whether equity may offer a useful remedy in the absence of legal remedies