Issue number 7382

LSB lists fine potential
The Legal Services Board (LSB), the super-regulator which oversees the Law Society and Bar Council, has set a maximum potential fine of £28m for the Law Society if it does not reach its targets on complaints-handling.
14 Aug 2009

Striking development
Unions must inform employers of the result of a strike ballot as soon as possible to allow them time to plan, the Court of Appeal has confirmed.
14 Aug 2009

Extra protection for private tenants
Private tenants would be given an “extra layer of protection” under government plans, Lender Repossession of Residential Property: Protection of Tenants.
14 Aug 2009

In the balance
Tony Williams suggests how law firms may be able to recover from the recession
14 Aug 2009

Law in 101 words
Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage
14 Aug 2009

Damage limitation
Claimants cannot afford to lose part of their damages in legal costs, says Richard Scorer
14 Aug 2009

Safe as houses?
Amanda Eilledge assesses the threats posed by mortgage identity fraud
14 Aug 2009

Legal aid contracts delayed
The tendering date for civil and criminal legal aid contracts has been pushed back six months to October 2010 to give the Legal Services Commission (LSC) time to finalise arrangements.
14 Aug 2009

Green issues
The Civil Court Practice, the recognised authority on the Civil Procedure Rules, is now dually branded as The Green Book on Lexis Nexis’s online service.
14 Aug 2009

When is a clone not a clone?
In Stockton on Tees Borough Council v Aylott [2009] IRLR 548, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has given further confirmation that the restrictive test for disability-related discrimination laid down by the House of Lords in London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm [2008] 4 All ER 525 applies equally to the employment field. No surprises there then.
14 Aug 2009

Hard to beat
The old saying that hard cases make bad law is one is not always true is a recent case in the Privy Council demonstrates in a laudable effort to do justice to a litigant in person the Privy Council (Lords Mance and Neuberger and Sir Jonathan Parker) appear to have extended the application of res ipsa loquitor.
14 Aug 2009

Judging the judges
Roger Smith looks across the Pond to consider gender & ethnic minorities
14 Aug 2009