Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7438

Pre-nuptial agreements are legally binding, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark ruling on divorce.

As the coalition government began to burn the quangos last week, among the ashes can be found the office of chief coroner.

Many commentators have reflected that the trade in cases, especially those of accident victims, between lawyers and referrers is unseemly, if not downright dodgy.

Charles Pigott explains why wide reaching equality laws cover arbitrators to plumbers

In the first of a regular series of updates, Clare Renton provides an overview of the most influential international & EU cases of 2010

Brian Goodwin reflects on the EL Trigger ruling

Loss of profit on a sub-sale: who pays? Christopher Warenius reports

Tackling the traffickers—a role for civil recovery orders, asks Paul Yates

Peter Vaines measures up on BPR, income splitting & doormats

Pieretti v London Borough of Enfield [2010] EWCA Civ 1104, [2010] All ER (D) 96 (Oct)