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Renting protection

James Driscoll outlines the new tenancy deposit schemes for assured shorthold tenancies and how they could affect landlords and tenants

The end of RPI?

Stephen Ashcroft looks at the new way to judge price value in personal injury cases

Practice trends: personal injury

Personal injury lawyers have every right to view the prospect of political intervention with a degree of trepidation. Miles Geffin reports

Nigel Riches

Nigel Riches was recently appointed as Eric Robinson Solicitors' environment officer. He explains his plans to make the firm a more eco-friendly practice

North-east: legal aid in turmoil

North-east legal aid lawyers are set to be badly hit by the current reforms. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

Update: planning & environment

BarkerBias and predeterminationCompletion noticesSection 187A injunctionsEnforcement time limits for single dwelling housesContinuing useCLEUDs and abandonment of useCaravans and polytunnelsby Gregory Jones

Justified privilege?

Elise Parkin and Sara Partington examine the status of expert witnesses' joint statements

At the table

Britain should prepare for compulsory mediation, warns Frank Hanna