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Paper value

Prenups are getting closer to being worth the paper they are written on but the Law Commission will have to grapple with complex questions before they can become fully binding, says Brett Frankle

Court of Appeal overturns "windfall" pensions decision

In a ruling that applies to most final salary occupational pension schemes, the Court of Appeal has rejected a High Court decision on the equalisation of retirement ages on the grounds that it would give some workers a "windfall" while being unfair to others.

An evidentiary nightmare

Except for 'cost plus' situations, 'passing on' in antitrust cases is difficult to prove, meaning that European courts will need to tread carefully, says David Shapiro

Court of Appeal ruling moves pre-nups in position of “greater magnetic force”

The Court of Appeal has reduced a £5.8m divorce pay-out by a German heiress to her former husband to a lump sum about a fifth of the original award, in a decision anticipating full enforceability of pre-nuptial agreements.

Update: housing

Sarah McKeown reviews cases involving succession, possession, negligence, the Children Act and the Human Rights Act

A fine intervention

In taking a broad interpretation to the Commission's right to intervene in national competition cases the European court has made a sensible decision, says Paul Stanley NO

Jewish school's admissions policy discriminates on race grounds

A Jewish school's admissions policy requiring applicants to have a Jewish mother has been ruled unlawful on racial grounds.

Smokescreen

With claims relating to asbestos-related illnesses likely to increase over the next few years, medical experts must be very careful when dealing with difficult areas such as pleural plaques and lung cancer, says Christopher Moore