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26 Jul 2010

Cheap suits

Jackson's appeal for litigators to cut costs should also make experts more accessible, says Paul Smethurst

26 Jul 2010

Use the force

Europe has finally come up with a compelling argument for compulsory mediation, says Julian Sidoli del Ceno

26 Jul 2010

Social skills

Europe is playing it safe when it comes to 'social evils', says Paul Stanley NO

26 Jul 2010

What's the Big Idea?

21 Jul 2010

Judicial review bid to oust secret services judge

Reprieve's lawyers are concocting a case for judicial review against Sir Peter Gibson's appointment as chairman of the torture inquiry.

21 Jul 2010

Supreme Court to hear DNA profile appeal

The High Court has agreed to allow a direct appeal to the Supreme Court over the existing police policy of retaining the DNA profiles of people who are not convicted of any crime.

20 Jul 2010

Locked-in syndrome sufferer challenges government over euthanasia

A locked-in syndrome sufferer is the latest applicant to challenge the government over right-to-die laws.

19 Jul 2010

Disabled boy cannot sue for human rights breach over lack of education

A disabled boy who was out of school for 18 months while waiting for a place at a residential special school cannot sue his council for breach of human rights, the Supreme Court has ruled.