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Responses to a report from the Civil Justice Council (CJC) setting out proposed measures to better support and protect vulnerable witnesses and parties in civil proceedings are due to be...
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Surprisingly, nearly 250,000 people go missing in the UK every year. Leaving aside the heartache and worry this causes, until recent changes in the law it also created an appalling...
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Where people lack the mental capacity to make important decisions for themselves, judges will step in to ensure that their best interests are served, as was demonstrated by an unusual...
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When there is a fatal accident involving a person with dependants, a claim for compensation may be able to be made not only by the estate of the deceased person...
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Although the final result was not financial ruin for the defendant, a recent case illustrates how unwise it is to vent one’s spleen on social media. It involved a...
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It is normally essential when creating a legal document to get the procedures right, and failure to do so can cause unnecessary complications. A recent case dealt with the...
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