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Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers cases on testamentary capacity, mutual wills, gift aid and valuation principles for 'related property'

Opening options

Before sentencing a mother to prison judges should give greater consideration to her children's needs, says Rona Epstein

Update: professional negligence

Katie Papworth and Andrew Nixon review developments in professional privilege, valuers' duties and putting a date on damage

Update: personal injury

You wait all year for a highways case and then three come along at once, writes Roger B Cooper

Lord Judge: journalists may tweet from court, in silence

Tweeting live from a trial is to remain the exception and may be restricted to journalists only according to interim guidance on the use of social media in court issued this morning.

Turn of the screw

It's been a busy old year for regulation - but you ain't seen nothing yet, says Susanna Heley

The state we're in

The property market won't pick up until the debris of the financial crisis is cleared and lenders regain confidence, so what does the future hold for conveyancers? Brian Chrystal investigates

Update: social welfare

Gareth Mitchell considers personal budgets, meeting eligible community care needs, the disability equality duty and aftercare services under the Mental Health Act