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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
7 June 2023
Dealing with bodies after death – are there any limits? PeTA founder’s unusual body part bequests
When a person dies their personal representative (“PR”) is entitled to take possession of the body for the purpose of carrying out their duty as a PR to lawfully and properly dispose of the body.
22 May 2023
How to keep family affairs out of the papers
This article first appears in Spear's 22nd May 2019
19 May 2023
Death, Divorce and Dementia: risks of post-death litigation
Martin Lewis’s ITV show last week covered the “3Ds – Death, Divorce and Dementia”, urging people to make sure they have a will in place and make Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) arrangements.
28 April 2023
ADR meetings in tax disputes: trust the process or steer clear?
First published by Taxation on 24 April 2023, Waqar Shah explores whether alternative dispute resolution for tax will continue to be a good option bearing in mind upcoming changes to HMRC’s internal ADR manual.
14 April 2023
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q1 2023
This quarterly civil fraud update provides a summary of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period of January - March 2023.
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Claims against banks
- Costs Law
- Court of Protection Disputes
- Cross-border litigation
- Defamation, privacy & reputation
- Fraud
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Intellectual property claims
- Legal updates
- Litigation process
- Professional negligence
- Shareholder and Boardroom Disputes
- Wills, trusts and inheritance disputes