Lillian Ladele, a Christian registrar who refused to perform civil partnership ceremonies, has lost her battle with Islington Council at the Court of Appeal.
Further rules intended to promote greater transparency in the workings of the family courts may be detrimental to the administration of justice, argues David Lister
Fixed success fees bare no relation to practitioners' assessments of the overall risks in asbestos disease claims and should be removed to protect claimants' access to justice, says Andrew Morgan
The Court of Appeal has given clear guidance as to how judges should approach applications for interim payments, but the guidelines must be carefully applied in line with the particular facts of a case, says David Oldham
Alan Fowler reviews recent cases on missing beneficiaries, pension loss, changes to schemes, the distribution of lump sum death benefits and death in service arrangements
Gregory Jones and Ned Westaway discuss cases involving conservation areas, listed buildings, environmental impact assessment, the interpretation of planning permission and procedural unfairness as a ground of planning appeal
