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10 Feb 2009

How certain is certain?

Making reference to a period of extension in a tenancy agreement can have a less than desirable effect for landlords wishing to contract out, says John Martin

10 Feb 2009

A meeting of minds

Consortium working can be done effectively, and it will help the growing number of those ineligible for public funding with access to legal advice, says Russell Conway

6 Feb 2009

Opinion: The dos and don'ts of differentiation

Originally from Legal Marketing magazine vol 3 Issue 6: Ian Forbes reveals why firms should strive for differentiation in the bidding process.

27 Jan 2009

Update: corporate tax

David Anderson sheds light on the courts' treatment of VAT claims for pension funds in the light of Claverhouse, including recent debate on the effectiveness of the three-year cap

27 Jan 2009

Update: licensing

Roy Light discusses recent cases, including challenges to local authority guidance on the gambling and licensing acts, conditions on licenses, and public nuisance

27 Jan 2009

Protecting borrowers... and deposits

Lenders must comply with the new pre-action protocol for possession claims, while landlords face sanctions for non-compliance on tenants' deposits, says David Oldham

27 Jan 2009

The right to know

Big increases in requests for information about public sector employees mean they can no longer expect total confidentiality, says Ibrahim Hasan

27 Jan 2009

Dignity for all?

Two important new cases raise the question of where to draw the boundaries in sexual orientation and religious discrimination claims, says David Massarella