Opinion
When I’m 65…
The Heyday litigation ended with the publication of the High Court’s judgment last month. After various name changes it now goes by the title R (on the application of Age…9 Oct 2009
Consumer rights & wrongs
MP3 players are owned and trusted by the great and good. However, there have been problems reported with the batteries that Apple uses in its iPods. In August, Sky News…9 Oct 2009
Coming to a firm near you!
Little attention has been paid to a quiet revolution so profound that many solicitors’ firms may end up as quasi-alternative business structures. For over a decade, firms have been employing…2 Oct 2009
In need of assistance?
It is one thing for the courts to protect citizens from the arbitrary use of prosecutorial discretion resulting in abuse of process; quite another to require prosecutors to spell out…2 Oct 2009
Still going strong
“Bombed—lost everything”. That was how one London Citizens Advice bureau memorably recorded the nature of the legal problems for the newly dispossessed “streams” of clients approaching the nascent service. War…2 Oct 2009
A minister in waiting?
The current esteem in which Parliament is held by the British electorate has not been so low for decades, if not centuries. The malaise has its roots in far deeper…25 Sep 2009
Time to adjust
If it’s a 60 in London, it’s only 35 in Washington. National legal aid got going later in the US. President Obama issued a special proclamation celebrating the 35th birthday…18 Sep 2009
Back with a vengeance?
Although swine flu has temporarily abated, the current medical wisdom is that it will re-emerge with a vengeance in the autumn of this year. If it does or in the…18 Sep 2009
Nothing to declare?
The Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (PSA 2009) received Royal Assent on 21 July 2009. It is a short piece of legislation consisting of a mere 15 sections and three schedules.11 Sep 2009
Looking the part
Lookism in the workplace—discrimination or a fact of life? asks Helen Crossland11 Sep 2009
Not to be forgotten
William Flenley hopes civil law reform will sit high on the government’s agenda4 Sep 2009
Labour’s family fortunes
Louise Spitz ponders the role of family law in winning voters’ hearts & minds4 Sep 2009
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NLJ 2010 Legal Trends
Bankrupting out of ancillary relief; Serving notice on absent tenant; Series of separate claims; Divorce costs
Service of claim form, Joint and several liability, Delayed divorce, Terminating tenancy
Disputed hearing notice; Bankruptcy annulment; Two petitions; Judicial separation; Damages assessments
Is there a presumption that a hearing notice has been received by a party to proceedings when it should have been posted by the county court and the court copy…
A final hearing has to be adjourned because counsel for one of the parties meets with an accident on the way to court and is taken to hospital. How should…
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