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VAT on private school fees and the impact on separated families – who is footing the bill?

Following the government’s decision to end the value-added tax exemption on private school fees, Alice Scambler, a Director, Solicitor, Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer at Family Law Partners, looks at what this decision will mean for separated families

The pressure on Western universities to divest in fossil fuels: navigating legal complexities and environmental responsibilities

Ben Standing, a partner specialising in environmental law at Browne Jacobson, discusses the legal, ethical and financial issues related to the divestment in fossil fuels by Western universities

Hurdles to offering a solicitor apprenticeship degree

With the Labour government planning to reform apprenticeships, Michael Butler and Chloe Sheppick, Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Professional Law Institute, discuss the existing difficulties with the solicitor apprenticeship degree that stop many higher education institutions providing this valuable offering

Artificial intelligence: could it be magic?

Jane Jarman, Solicitor and Professor of Legal Practice at Nottingham Law School, pontificates on artificial intelligence and asks whether it might be a magic wand

Concerns raised regarding the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service in family care proceedings

Max Konarek, Partner and Joint Head of the Family & Childcare Department at GT Stewart Solicitors, shares his thoughts on the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service and what it might mean for care proceedings

Paving the way for change: why universities are adapting to the SQE

Chris Howard, University Partnerships Director at BARBRI, looks at the opportunities presented by the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and the importance of a rich variety of routes into the profession

Breaking down barriers: how new technologies are widening access to the legal profession

Jo-Anne Pugh examines the ability of new technologies to disrupt and open up new paths into the legal profession

Setfords advises on acquisition by Kids Planet as nursery sales spiral

The day nursery market is 'experiencing an unprecedented level of deal activity'