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Update : housing
Solicitors Journal

Update : housing

Rebecca Cattermole reviews the latest homelessness appeals, plus cases relating to the right to buy, variation of tenancy terms and committal
Demanding times
Solicitors Journal

Demanding times

As the credit crunch bites harder,and recession looms large, what can we expect the insolvency landscape to look like over the next six months? asks Kathryn Tait
Still tough for women
Solicitors Journal

Still tough for women

Although women in legal practice are aware of their employment rights many firms continue to just pay lip service to the rules. Ayesha Nayyar investigates
Trends: property
Solicitors Journal

Trends: property

Some forward-thinking conveyancing practices are seeing the current property market downturn not as a disaster, but an opportunity. Jenny Ramage reports
The claims e-revolution
Solicitors Journal

The claims e-revolution

The use of technology in court is now so easy and inexpensive that some judges even disallow court fees, says Edwina Millward
Work equipment is under control
Solicitors Journal

Work equipment is under control

Spencer-Franks has redefined the employer liability boundaries, but the area of claims for injuries caused by work equipment remains open, says Jamie Clarke
A mirror of marriage?
Solicitors Journal

A mirror of marriage?

Courts are unlikely to follow blindly the precedents set by traditional marriages when establishing principles applicable to the break up of civil partnerships, says Gerald Wilson
When all hope is gone
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When all hope is gone

If a whole life sentence has no prospect of release then does this utimately amount to inhuman treatment of those receiving the sentence, asks David Rhodes