Archive

Phoney tales?

Mark Conway and Julia Purcell ask whether the recent 'pony tail' case of DPP v Smith helps with the definition of 'actual bodily harm'

Accommodating minors

Two important Court of Appeal decisions have shed light on the way in which local authorities should deal with homeless 16 and 17-year-olds. Jim Shepherd reports

Ongoing care

There's more to determining responsibility for paying for ongoing care than avoiding double cost recovery. Jackie Linehan reports

Hard work?

New hiring methods and unconventional career paths have changed recruitment. Andrew Towler reports on a thriving market

Immigration update

Jane Coker discusses Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 , intra-EEA immigration, deportation, marriage and civil partnership, domestic violence, visits and work restrictions

IHT conundrum

Inheritance tax is less and less an isolated matter and should be considered as one element of a bigger tax planning picture, says Peter Nellist

Cheap talk?

Claimants should take the duty to negotiate under the 41st update to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 very seriously or risk a hefty cost bill. Peter Lindsay and Victoria Handley explain

Regional focus: South-west

Jean-Yves Gilg discovers that life in the South-west can be as fast paced as in London but that business can be tough as a rural community lawyer