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Conditional discharge: a new order?

Hospital managers should tread carefully before making a conditional discharge order following the latest Mental Health Act's Code of Practice, says Andrew Parsons

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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