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20 Jun 2011

Update: licensing

Roy Light reviews the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, appeals in the magistrates' courts, and the latest books licensing practitioners should have on their shelves

20 Jun 2011

French delicacy

Wondering who's been turning the European wheels of justice recently? Hamsters, mainly. Paul Stanley QC reports

13 Jun 2011

Update: commercial property

It's been a busy six months for solicitors - but what did you miss? Michael Fahy provides a snapshot of the cases that have shaken things up and of the new code on service charges

6 Jun 2011

Appeal judges end confusion over regional strategies

Developer Cala Homes has failed in a second attempt to overturn a planning statement from communities secretary Eric Pickles, requiring councils to take into account the government's commitment to abolish the regional planning strategies.

6 Jun 2011

Update: employment

Sue Ashtiany provides a whistlestop tour of the coalition's latest forays into employment law

6 Jun 2011

Lawyers' got talent?

In his countdown to the big bang, Stuart Bushell asks whether it is possible to preserve the impression of quality in a mass marketing age

1 Jun 2011

Advocacy group asked to rewrite new quality assurance scheme rules

The SRA board has asked the group of experts set up to design a quality advocacy assurance scheme for all criminal advocates to reconsider some of the rules amid concerns that judges carrying out advocate assessment could be biased against solicitors.

31 May 2011

Cala Homes loses appeal over regional strategies

Developer Cala Homes has failed in a second attempt to overturn a planning statement from communities secretary Eric Pickles, requiring councils to take into account the government's commitment to abolish the regional planning strategies.