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Tackling the conduct of local authority members

Sandwell shows that English local authorities must comply with the core requirements of the Localism Act 2011, explains Tiffany Cloynes

The hand we've been dealt

Jeremy Phillips considers the latest developments in licensing law, including a government crackdown on illegal working, enforcement actions, and a preview of the Supreme Court's hearing of what constitutes 'cheating' in gambling

Disclosure by another name?

SARs will remain a valuable tool in a litigator's armoury and should be a first port of call in many types of litigation, advises Jason Woodland

Understanding the litigant in person

Conduct yourself with others as you would hope to be dealt with if in that same position, writes District Judge Howard Kemp

More 'Dear Sam' letters?

Carla Ditz looks at the recent decision of Mr Justice Jackson in which he delivered his judgment in the form of a letter to a 14-year-old boy

You are what you tweet

Can a diet of social media produce healthy profits for your law firm? Rachel Tombs thinks so

The compliance message: Where does it begin?

Ignore mavericks and the uninitiated at your peril, warns Tracey Calvert. The perils of working with people who fail to conform, or are untried and untested, are manifold

The soul of discretion

John Melville-Smith discusses the limits of solicitors' liability regarding a discretionary trust in the case of Joseph v Farrer & Co