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Former law lecturer Baroness Ruth Deech has warned the government has no clear mandate for introducing automatic legal rights and obligations for cohabiting couples without their consent

Lawyers’ charity LawCare has had its database hacked, with copies of backups made and likely downloaded by cyber-criminals

Should every solicitor found to have acted dishonestly face automatic striking off? The answer, argues John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke LLP in NLJ this week, is no

Winning an arbitral award against a state is one thing; enforcing it is another

Can government success in court tell us whether the rule of law is healthy?

Poorly drafted dispute resolution clauses can trigger litigation before the real dispute is even addressed

As cryptocurrency becomes mainstream, family lawyers are increasingly confronting the challenges it creates on divorce

The Court of Appeal has opened the door to a cheaper route for large-scale consumer claims

Preserving family wealth requires more than astute investment management, according to Beth Bell, knowledge lawyer, and Megan Freeman, paralegal, at Penningtons Manches Cooper, writing in NLJ this week

Judges and lawyers reviewing the rules of disclosure have ruled out a return to the old system of CPR Part 31, and will consult on proposals to simplify the Practice Direction (PD) 57AD regime by early next year

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