Procedures

Articles

2 Jun 2009

Update: social welfare law

Hannah Graves and Chris Ellis consider the new mental capacity provisions, the extension of the “need for care and attention” test, discretionary housing payments, and entitlement to Jobseekers Allowance

2 Jun 2009

Update: environment

Michael Woods reviews the new environmental liability regulations, the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme, measures to encourage electricity generation from renewable sources, and the new hazardous waste obligations new hazardous waste obligations

2 Jun 2009

Better than cure

Serious Crime Prevention Orders may be a necessary tool but they raise deep concerns for civil liberties, says Andrew Picken

2 Jun 2009

Stepping up

The new HIPs regulations give solicitors the opportunity to take charge of the process and improve on relationships with clients and estate agents, says Chris Myers

26 May 2009

Driving a hard bargain

Proposed plea bargaining powers would have important ramifications for both prosecutors and defenders in complex financial crime cases, says Steven Francis

26 May 2009

The new bestseller

The Jackson Report is a balanced and critical look at the cost of litigation, which practitioners should not dismiss as yet another review but fully engage with, says Andrew Parker

26 May 2009

The new age of innocence

Sean Hodgson's case has huge implications for the use of DNA evidence in proving innocence, and those who believe DNA analysis could help them in an appeal against conviction should take action, says Julian Young

19 May 2009

Update: professional negligence

Spike Charlwood and Alice Nash review cases on rectification and contribution, as well as decisions involving share purchase agreements, communication problems and an abuse of process