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Changing a guilty plea

Changing a guilty plea

Revitt v DPP confirms that a guilty plea is an appropriate process in English law and that the ECHR in no way affects this, says Anthony Ostrin
An independent personal service provision

An independent personal service provision

A number of recent changes to the searches' market mean that it is set to become much more competitive and conveyancers will be able to make use of better personal search products, explains Janet Baker
The politics of HIPs

The politics of HIPs

HIPs may be green but are they also Brown? Nigel Ewert Evans explains the importance of the new prime minister to the future of HIPs
Holy grail or a hornets' nest?

Holy grail or a hornets' nest?

Charities have much to gain from securing public service delivery contracts but there are also many reasons why they should exercise caution, argues Robert Porter
Border trouble

Border trouble

Giving prior agreements supremacy would avoid competing claims being litigated in different EU jurisdictions, says Ian Gascoigne
Civil litigation brief

Civil litigation brief

Gordon Exall considers the law relating to unless” orders in civil proceedings
Update: libel and privacy

Update: libel and privacy

Rod Dadak reviews the latest case on libel and responsible journalism, internet defamation, privacy, reputation and freedom of expression
Ordeal by water and fire

Ordeal by water and fire

Rylands v Fletcher, which extended the law of nuisance, remains very much alive in cases of fire on premises, says Stephen Bickford-Smith