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2 Mar 2007

Come fly with me?

After British Airways cancelled thousands of flights in January, Katherine Deal considers passengers' scope for compensation

28 Feb 2007

New legal aid contracts: welcome to the sausage factory?

Legal aid lawyers warned today that the new Standard Terms for the new Unified Contracts released by the Legal Services Commission on Monday (26 February) will drive more lawyers out of publicly funded work.

23 Feb 2007

Practice trends: housing law

Homelessness, vulnerability and ASBOs: Jean-Yves Gilg reports on the issues shaping housing law

23 Feb 2007

EU health

Jane Bennett reports on provision of healthcare for persons from accession states

23 Feb 2007

Civil litigation brief

Gordon Exall continues his examination of the new Part 36 rules, which come into force in April

23 Feb 2007

Spending rights

The Consumer Credit Act 2006 saw a major overhaul of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 through commencement orders, says Richard Lawson

23 Feb 2007

Update: housing

Jim Shepherd and Dominic Preston examine possession, discrimination and homelessness

23 Feb 2007

Drunken crimes

Glenn Carrasco looks at the 'liberalisation' of the drinking laws and its related problems