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28 Feb 2012

Fitting the bill

Expert evidence is key in contaminated land disputes, but the complex and lengthy nature of such cases means practitioners must ensure they choose a witness team with the right skill set, say Stephen Sykes and Owen Williams

27 Feb 2012

Judicial review launched to save English badgers

The Badger Trust launched a judicial review today to try and prevent English badgers being culled by DEFRA to control the spread of bovine TB.

27 Feb 2012

Pub landlady's copyright convictions quashed in TV football ruling

The High Court has quashed copyright convictions imposed on pub landlady Karen Murphy for using a Greek satellite decoder card to show live Premier League games.

13 Feb 2012

Supreme Court goes beyond Strasbourg in right-to-life ruling

Hospital owed duty under article 2 to voluntary psychiatric patient

13 Feb 2012

Licensing update

Roy Light considers the procedure for appeals from licensing authorities to the magistrates' court, reforms to the licensing regime and the latest edition of Paterson's

9 Feb 2012

Badger Trust prepares way for legal challenge to English cull

The Badger Trust has said this morning that it has written to DEFRA giving notice of the grounds of a legal challenge it intends to pursue against a planned cull of badgers in England to reduce bovine TB.

8 Feb 2012

Voluntary psychiatric patient had 'right to life', Supreme Court decides

The Supreme Court has ruled that the NHS is under a duty to protect the rights to life of suicidal psychiatric patients, even if they are in hospital voluntarily.

6 Feb 2012

Knowing right from wrong

Susanna Fitzgerald tackles the extent to which magistrates' courts can overturn decisions by licensing authorities at appeal