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Pick and mix

The Law Commission's proposals for reforming adult social care will combine current and future policies, resulting in a clearer and more straightforward legal system. Frances Patterson QC, the commissioner in charge of the project, reports

Off the scale

The courts have regarded the difference between a restriction on and deprivation of liberty as a matter of degree, but the real question is whether liberty is an absolute concept. David Hewitt reviews the application of the new Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Ship shape

January is ordinarily a quiet month, so I was shocked when this year kicked off to find myself with five big nights out requiring babysitters plus two work-related events, not to mention a high-value case scheduled to mediate in early January, necessitating nose and grindstone becoming quickly reacquainted when the office reopened post-festivities. However, the snow soon put paid to that.

Update: construction

Anna Stillman considers the implications of the Jackson report for construction litigation, the application of the 'slip rule' by an adjudicator, the rules on the use of a single joint expert, and the court's grant of a stay of proceedings following an adjudication

Law Society loses legal action over complaints staff

The Law Society has lost its legal action today to ensure that over 300 complaints staff working for the Legal Complaints Service at Leamington Spa are protected by TUPE.

Assisted-suicide policy "not a numbers game"

Prosecutors handling assisted suicide cases will be required to give closer consideration to the motivation of the suspect as part of a series of new guidelines published today by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

MPs recommend prior-notification in privacy cases

A group of MPs reviewing the operation of privacy and libels laws in England have ruled out mandatory pre-notification but have called for journalists to voluntarily notify individuals before publication.

Judges to be asked about voluntary work

People applying for judicial posts should be asked about voluntary work, Baroness Neuberger, chair of the Lord Chancellor's advisory panel on judicial diversity, has said.