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2 Dec 2008

The battle for Bleak House

The case of Couwenbergh v Valkova is the only civil case to negotiate the new CPR52 r17 procedure and make a successful second civil appeal, reports Henry Webb

25 Nov 2008

Constructive thinking

Mark Pawlowski asks whether there is scope for giving effect to informal land agreements by applying constructive trust doctrine

25 Nov 2008

Practice trends: housing law

During 2008 there were some major housing law cases, shaping practice into 2009, while proposed new legal aid contracts from 2010 will involve big decisions in the coming year for most practices, say Giles Peaker and Justin Bates

18 Nov 2008

New perspectives on the Mental Health Act

To understand new mental health legislation solicitors will need to know what is being done with suspected terrorists, says David Hewitt

18 Nov 2008

Regulatory nightmares

A recent decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), currently unreported, holds many lessons for solicitors, explains Tony Guise

4 Nov 2008

Update: landlord and tenant

Milton McIntosh reviews the latest cases relating to oral agreements, rent review arbitrations, damages claims and forfeiture of deposit where assignments are not completed

4 Nov 2008

Another brick in the wall

Disputes over work to party walls are on the rise, but recent judgments have helped to clarify several provisions of the Party Wall Act, says Stephen Bickford-Smith

4 Nov 2008

No silent agreements

In leasehold enfranchisement, obtaining a decision from the LVT on purchase price does not amount to agreement of the terms by tenants, explains Lucy Barber