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Estate planning update

Susi Dunn considers agricultural property relief from inheritance tax, the costs risks involved in entering into contentious probate proceedings and the reduced IHT rate

Divorce update

A year after the Ministry of Justice introduced mediation as an integral part of certain divorce proceedings, Austin Chessell reflects on his experience in practice

Ship to shore

This article commemorates the 100th anniversary of RMS Titanic's ill-fated maiden voyage. On 15 April 1912, more than 1,500 of the 2,340 passengers and crew of the 'unsinkable' luxury liner drowned in the freezing waters of the North Atlantic after the pride of the White Star fleet struck an iceberg.

Why the ECJ has changed its stance on the import of pharmaceutical drugs

The court's inconsistent approach reveals a dramatic transformation in its role, says Paul Stanley NO

Napier to consider cap on contingency fees

CJC working party to explore Jackson LJ's preferred Ontario model

College of Law bought by Montagu Private Equity

£200m sale proceeds to fund legal education charity

Madness, madness

Tom Dumont considers the battle for Bridge on the River Kwai composer Sir Malcolm Arnold's estate

US law firms should look to the future and embrace non-lawyer ownership

By Michael Angelides, Managing Shareholder, Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd