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23 Mar 2010

Working wonders

With the default retirement age likely to be removed, employers should be more wary than ever of the risks of ignoring ageism in the workplace, says Emmanuelle Ries

23 Mar 2010

Update: housing

Giles Peaker reviews the latest cases involving registered social landlords, possession proceedings, housing eligibility and local authority allocation policies

23 Mar 2010

Update: commercial contracts

Mark Lucas considers recent cases illustrating the impact of Chartbrook in relation to the interpretation of contracts, the admissibility of pre-contractual negotiations and without prejudice discussions

23 Mar 2010

The legal aid time bomb

The successive bodies in charge of administering legal aid have been storing up trouble for the future, and the decision to make the Legal Services Commission an executive agency will further compound the problem, says Steve Hynes

23 Mar 2010

Cracking the code

Housebuilders should be aware of several changes to their duties introduced by the new consumer code for homeowners, says Dominic Beeton

23 Mar 2010

Culture clash

The number of cases of international child abduction is rising, but in which country should proceedings take place and what rights does each parent have? Henry Brookman reports

23 Mar 2010

April fools

A cold March that cannot make its mind up about being spring is fairly dire, but April is the cruellest month. It has to be really, what with its curious habits of breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire and stirring dull roots with spring rain.

23 Mar 2010

Taking exercise

How much control do member states really have in decisions concerning citizenship, asks Paul Stanley NO