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Dyson LJ to become Justice of the Supreme Court

Lord Justice Dyson is to become the twelfth Justice of the Supreme Court, the prime minister has announced today.

Lords to debate libel crackdown

The House of Lords is to debate the government's controversial cut in success fees for conditional fee libel actions later this week.

Culture clash

The number of cases of international child abduction is rising, but in which country should proceedings take place and what rights does each parent have? Henry Brookman reports

Cracking the code

Housebuilders should be aware of several changes to their duties introduced by the new consumer code for homeowners, says Dominic Beeton

The legal aid time bomb

The successive bodies in charge of administering legal aid have been storing up trouble for the future, and the decision to make the Legal Services Commission an executive agency will further compound the problem, says Steve Hynes

Update: commercial contracts

Mark Lucas considers recent cases illustrating the impact of Chartbrook in relation to the interpretation of contracts, the admissibility of pre-contractual negotiations and without prejudice discussions

Update: housing

Giles Peaker reviews the latest cases involving registered social landlords, possession proceedings, housing eligibility and local authority allocation policies

Working wonders

With the default retirement age likely to be removed, employers should be more wary than ever of the risks of ignoring ageism in the workplace, says Emmanuelle Ries