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4 Apr 2011

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany reviews the new retirement rules, additional paternity leave and recent decisions on unfair dismissal

28 Mar 2011

Grim RIPA

Ibrahim Hasan considers how surveillance rules will fare under the freedoms bill

1 Feb 2011

Children of failed asylum seeker can stay in UK, Supreme Court says

The children of a Tanzanian asylum seeker, who twice pretended to come from Somalia to stay in the UK, can remain in the country, the Supreme Court has ruled.

1 Feb 2011

Update: education

Salima Mawji reviews recent changes to fees in further and higher education, the increase in challenges brought by students and the schools white paper 2010

1 Feb 2011

Hitting home

With greater demand for private rented accommodation and few tenants taking independent legal advice, it is time to start regulating letting agents, argues Andrew Lugger

13 Dec 2010

Wear and tear

The tenancy deposit protection scheme is a law in turmoil, says Tessa Shepperson

15 Nov 2010

Update: commercial property

Ben Brayford and Eugene McMahon consider the recent OFT guidance on land agreements, what recent case law tells us about tenants' break clauses and a ruling on how to fend off a fixtures and fittings dispute

1 Nov 2010

Fools rush in

The government must give careful consideration to the long-term effects of its proposals before it slashes the MoJ budget, warns the criminal Bar's new chairman, Christopher Kinch QC