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13 May 2008

Opinion: where next for family legal aid?

Low fees mean that family legal aid firms cannot afford to expand and there is evidence that their numbers may be shrinking faster than anyone realised, says David Emmerson.

13 May 2008

Update: housing

Rebecca Cattermole reviews cases including right to buy and the status of occupiers

13 May 2008

Independent decisions

Expert determinations are increasingly favoured by those lawyers keen on resolving dispute away from the courts, says John Kendall

13 May 2008

Challenging the combat immunity principle

Claims by members of the armed services injured on active service abroad maybe more likely to succeed under human rights legislation,explains Dijen Basu

13 May 2008

A fatal misconception

Classifying adults as dependants until they reach 18 or leave higher education may not be as straightforward in fatal accident cases as Williams illustrates, says Michael Imperato

13 May 2008

Stopping the clock

Recent cases on the liability of professional advisers have refined the circumstances where the court will dismiss limitation arguments but additional clarification is still needed, say Fergal Cathie and Simon Schooling

13 May 2008

Regional focus: Wales

With a growing number of law firms but comparatively fewer solicitors, the market for legal services in Wales is becoming more fragmented and the profession more vulnerable. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

6 May 2008

Enforcing the enforcers

The Security Industry Authority is the only suitable body for the regulation of the private bailiff industry. However, it will not be active for some time, leaving county court certification of bailiffs to provide an improved form of regulation, says John Kruse