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HMRC pushes ahead with criminalising failure to prevent tax evasion

New offence could become a 'damp squib' ignored by foreign companies, warns tax lawyer

The doctrine of penalties survives

The seminal judgment in ParkingEye brings welcome clarity to the test for deterrent clauses at both commercial and consumer levels, writes David Lewis

Under pressure

John Bramhall reviews Michael Gove's performance so far, and considers the effects of the civil court fee hikes

Small claims, big issues

Matt Waszak considers the recent judgments in A v Royal Mail Group ?and its impact on the recovery of ?ATE premiums and success fees ?by claimant solicitors

'Short-lived and much hated' criminal courts charge to be scrapped

Grayling's 'poll tax' on justice to be to be ditched in embarrassing government U-turn

Proportionality of confiscation and compensation orders 'in Davenport

'Not unfair' orders made by the court do not stand up to the test of proportionality and fly in the face of common sense, writes Paul Lazarus

Laser devices, sim cards, and plugs key implements in corporate espionage

Technical surveillance is happening today, with disgruntled ex-employees executing vengeful cyberattacks, say experts

The court's new flexible dispute resolution options

Pilot schemes from the Rolls Building offer viable challenges to traditional arbitration, writes Sarah Charig