Public Law

Articles

29 Sept 2006

Update: planning

Gregory Jones discusses outline planning permission and EIA, enforcement actions, town and village greens, planning consent & bias, identity of land owner and speculative sale of green land

29 Sept 2006

Asking too much?

Inundated by vexatious FOIA requests? Marcus Turle unveils a strategy for public authorities

29 Sept 2006

Phoney tales?

Mark Conway and Julia Purcell ask whether the recent 'pony tail' case of DPP v Smith helps with the definition of 'actual bodily harm'

29 Sept 2006

Accommodating minors

Two important Court of Appeal decisions have shed light on the way in which local authorities should deal with homeless 16 and 17-year-olds. Jim Shepherd reports

29 Sept 2006

Ongoing care

There's more to determining responsibility for paying for ongoing care than avoiding double cost recovery. Jackie Linehan reports

22 Sept 2006

Immigration update

Jane Coker discusses Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 , intra-EEA immigration, deportation, marriage and civil partnership, domestic violence, visits and work restrictions

22 Sept 2006

IHT conundrum

Inheritance tax is less and less an isolated matter and should be considered as one element of a bigger tax planning picture, says Peter Nellist

15 Sept 2006

Swapping details

Jimmy Desai reports on Green Thumb Ltd and data transfer clauses in contracts