Police & Prisons

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Update: charity

Charlotte Watts reviews the gift aid rules, failure of charitable gifts, equality legislation, and new measures to make it easier for charities to sell land

Fighting the force

It has been a bumper month for successful challenges against the police. What would Lord Bingham make of it all, wonders Sophie Khan

Lord Justice Moses to hear Law Society judicial review

A leading lord justice has been recruited to hear the Law Society's judicial review challenge to the LSC's tender of family legal aid contracts. The hearing, at the High Court, begins this morning.

High street firms ramp up fight against Tesco law

QualitySolicitors, the umbrella organisation feder-ating about 200 high street firms, has set up a partnership with financial adviser group AWD Chase de Vere in a move to consolidate the position of its members ahead of the impending Tesco law era.

A healthy approach

A small dose of cooperation would cure the deadlock in many hospital claims, says Susan Bartfield

Update: police

The decision to suspend stop-and-search powers is just the tip of the iceberg in a year full of significant developments in police law, writes Sophie Khan

Update: media

Rod Dadak considers the potential reform of defamation and privacy laws, the status of the fair comment defence and a case on qualified privilege involving allegations of police corruption

Society launches judicial review over family contracts

The Law Society has launched a judicial review of the LSC's tendering process for family legal aid contracts.