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Bankruptcy and divorce

Family lawyers should ensure that orders deferring the sale of a matrimonial home avoid any reference to a trust for sale, says David Aspinall

Update: IT and intellectual property

Susan Singleton summarises recent developments in the areas of data protection, privacy, patents, copyright and trade marks

Dominating the high street

In the first of three articles, Kim Tasso considers how the Legal Services Bill will impact small-and medium-sized firms

A silent digital witness

The ethos that “every contact leaves a trace” is as true in the digital environment as in a conventional crime scene. Ian Kennedy explains

Update: planning and environment

Gregory Jones reviews developments in planning law and the way noise is considered, from the initial application to the relationship with other regimes

Favourable odds for UK gamblers

Jimmy Desai

Children: an Islamic law perspective

Islamic law determines the best interests of a child differently from English law, says Raffia Arshad

Will; Christopher Rush, Beautiful Books Limited, 2007, £15, ISBN 1905636148

In his review of the book Will, the role of the lawyer as a good listener is as valuable as his role as a good storyteller, says Steven Heller