Archive

Update: commercial property

Paired-down perpetuities law is a welcome step, but the courts have left us wanting in the Good Harvest decision, say Eugene McMahon and Jonathan Ross

Update: personal tax and trusts

Hastings-Bass is the rule that keeps on giving, says David Bird

Beyond reasonable belief

If you use the Mental Health Act, writes David Hewitt, it seems you can believe what you like

Normal for Norfolk

Bill Bryson the travel writer confessed in one of his early books that he came from Iowa because “somebody had to”.

Clients from hell

Handbag attacks, chairborne missiles and some good old-fashioned slander - it's all in a day's work for the shop-front solicitor, writes the long-suffering Russell Conway

Emergency budget shows "widespread ignorance" of gender equality laws

Equality charity the Fawcett Society has filed papers with the High Court seeking a judicial review of the government's emergency budget.

NHS negligence costs could rise to £15bn

Action must be taken to tackle the excessive cost of clinical negligence claims, the Medical Protection Society (MPS) has said after a report by the NHS Litigation Authority estimated the health service could pay out £15bn in legal expenses over the next ten to 15 years – £3bn more than was expected two years ago.

Dismay at county court afternoon closures

County courts in Greater London will be closed to the public in the afternoon throughout August, prompting further concerns about the quality of service in the capital's courts.